I'm not waiting on a lady

[cyrano]

lj-cut text="Cut for spoilers about my life.">

Those of you who knew I was expecting a phone call today from EDD about whether or not they'd allow me into an education program where I would continue to receive unemployment benefits while I attended class and also had the keen eyes to spot my offhanded lament this afternoon could probably guess that things didn't go well.
It was, as I feared, a session where I was asked questions they should already have the answers to, and then they said "We'll get back to you next week". I'm no longer certain if that's preferable to just being told that they decided to deny me. Because at least then it would be *done* and I could *move on*.
So I had a smoke, and I had a drink, and now my head hurts and I've been drinking water all evening. I can't put off buying books any longer, so I'll work something out there. And tomorrow I have the first day of my final class, and I should be able to tell what gets dropped. So for now I'm going to pretend that things are normal and I'm just a student who's packing up everything he owns and moving.

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

If they turn you down, be sure to go through the process to challenge it. You're very likely to get what you want that way.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

ooo. I of course had no idea that this was an option.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Be sure to read the fine print on everything they give you. At the bottom is information on how to challenge decisions.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That's part of the problem--they really haven't given me anything thus far. The program was mentioned at one of the affiliated job centers, and there was a nebulous leaflet that said "Contact your EDD representative for more information" because they are bastards.