Got laid off at the beginning of February, been trying to find a job ever since, which is hard when you have to find a job that will work with a school schedule that changes every 8 weeks. My tax return completely paid off my credit card, and then some, but then I had to fill it back up again as I had nothing to buy anything with. Its really depressing when you essentially can't do anything. I was making more than my mom does, and I was buying a lot of the food for the family and paying a few of the bills. I was hoping that I was going to be able to move out of my house at the beginning of this year and even start working on a project car, but that failed miserably. Now it sounds as though my family might even lose our house too.
Finally going in for a second interview somewhere on Monday. I'm hoping that means I pretty much got hired. It has very little to do with my field (the position is a cell phone technician), but I am hoping that the pay is OK enough to where I can start properly paying my bills again. I am tired of having to call everyone I owe money to to make arrangements for smaller payments and stuff.
I envy those who feel uneffected by the economy. I would give anything right now for my family to be financially secure.