Unemployment is killing me

I started life earlier than most people. Out of necessity I entered the work force early as well. From the age of fifteen and until I became of legal age the jobs available to a ninth grade drop out were few. Work choices consisted of motel maid or waitress work. As soon as I turned eighteen(the legal age at that time) I started working as a cashier for convenience stores a job I excelled at moving up the ladder to store manager. I was content with my chosen profession for years. In 1986 I finally took a GED test on a whim and passed. This rekindled my long dormant love of academia so I began taking random classes. I completed a real estate course and got my license. I took a substitute teaching course and worked for the local school district for a year. During that year I started taking classes in early childhood education and began working in the preschool system. All of this is to say I have a wide array of skills that I should be able to rely on to secure a job. And yet here I sit unemployed and apparently unemployable.

Just to clarify I apply for jobs any job in any field where I have some experience. I apply online and in person and sometimes I get an interview though not often. I tell myself that there are so many people with more education. So I have enrolled in college to correct the problem and believe it or not that prompts questions like can you work and go to college. I honestly thought it would be a plus, but sadly that is not the case. Now I am at the point of wondering if I will ever have a job again.

Is it my age I am 50 after all? Are my past employers secretly tell tales on me? I mean I still communicate with the management of the most recent jobs and I can not imagine they give bad reviews. Am I just being paranoid or is the market really that bad? I do not have the answers if I did I would have a job. What I do know is that not having one is stressing me to the point of illness. I feel physically sick every time I search, apply, or interview for a job. The dread of rejection is sickening.

2012 Presidential Race

Well, it has officially started. The running of the 2012 candidates for president. The network news programs both local and national are now making the transition from the usual refuse with the occasional relevant news to all politics all the time. The viewing of which is futile at best and headache inducing at it's worst.

Consider the poll findings for instance. To whom are they directing these questions anyway? Are they some special group sequestered in a sound proof room somewhere? That or some similar scenario is the only excuse for the some of the results they throw out every day to try and convince everyone else that they should follow along.

All I can say about the GOP candidates so far is;one I am glad I am a Democrat and two OMG are you guys for real? cause I would not vote for these characters on American Idol.

I just wanted to get that out there If anyone is interested in watching a humorous reality show the 2012 running for president should be a good one.