Reply #65: I was a medical transcriptionist

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and my spouse worked in IT since we married 41 years ago (He's a professional jobseeker now, LOL with sarcasm). We had a plan, but it crashed and burned with the unemployment situation as those occupations have now been outsourced, and all we've done is grow older and put out to pasture. We are currently existing on unemployment, having lost family members, jobs, home, and savings along a journey I can only describe as surreal.

With the combative environment in DC, looks like most of the things that made life worth it are fading fast - growing roses/flowers, cooking and baking yummy treats for the family, sewing, traveling the backroads, and exploring the woods - now all too expensive to pursue. Guess between washing up something, bathing, and sleeping, I'll just read and rock until some terminal thing or other takes me. I hate watching TV. My doggie is old and unwell; I'll lose him too soon, I guess.

I'm seriously depressed (no healthcare) and terrified of the future for my children and grandchildren!