It's here! It took 88 days, but my unemployment went through! It's a done deal; the money is actually sitting IN my account right now. I can't believe it. Things were so bad yesterday that I hid from the world and cried most of the day, and almost 24 hours later things have turned around.

I am trying to figure out what lesson I was supposed to learn from this. That my family is always close by and ready to step up? That I have wonderful friends who are here for me no matter what? That I shouldn't get ahead of myself and think that I am 'above' breaking down? Did I need a reminder that no matter how positive I am about everything that there is still a lot that I have to learn? Was it a test of my patience like my friend suggested?

I don't know, but I have been sincerely humbled by this experience.