Thanks everyone!

Lynne, it's true, I couldn't imagine life without my girls, they're my family!

Kim, I've gotten sick pay till last week, but now they've cancelled it since they think I should be able to work again. That's why I had to apply for unemployment aid last week, which means less money.

Barbara, it's true, compared to most other countries, the situation is still better here, but now with the Hartz IV law, it's just scary. In my case, it's not even that bad because the unemployment money will be more than I'm getting paid now. It's mostly my appartment I'm still worrying about. Nobody can give you an reliable answer here, because nobody knows the facts. Our government has just failed to inform the people, or maybe they did that intentionally because they wanted to scare people so they are putting more efforts into finding a job, I don't know...

And it concerns me that there seems to grow a new barrier between the west and the east. And it's also scary that people are looking at you as a person on social aid already, as the scum of the society (as happened to me on another German board where we discussed Hartz IV) )

Randi, such a job would be nice, but you can't be picky here these days.
And yes, I have my cv in databases, and I'm looking for jobs on the internet all the time - except for the break due to the surgery.

I would love to work from home, but the chances are bad. I'm not qualified enough for web design, I would need to go to school first to get an education in this, but I cannot affort this.


BTW, just saw on the news that eggs and stones have been thrown at our chancellor Gerhard Schroeder today, because the people are so upset about him and his policy...

Kirsten