financial freeze?!?!

so i get a letter in the mail today from the official unemployment services. it's about a phone interview that i MUST have---on october first! the last time i had a phone interview, my unemployment benefits were frozen until after the interview had been conducted and i was deemed "worthy" of receiving them.

now i'm beginning to freak out: why did i get this now? the list of questions on the back, included pamphlet and added letter all pertain to "work-related training". ie. am i still eligible to receive benefits while attending....

what?! the only thing i can think of is on the official form i have to fill out and send every other week there is a question that asks: "did you begin any kind of school or training?" i must have answered YES (being the honest person i am, i began graduate school...duh.) and now i have to wait for them to determine if i can still meet the requirements while a full-time student?!?!??!

so, by returning to school, i can't get the money i need to go back to school? a logical fallacy. and i have to wait an ENTIRE month's time---during which i don't have income-- for them to make a phone call and ask me questions, after which (and this is the best part) if i *am* still determined eligible, i have to get a letter signed and send it to them!!!!!!

i hardly have enough time to do my frickin' homework and get to and from class, how am i supposed to hyper-actively pursue a means of income as well???

believe me, i have been looking for work. i check work postings daily, send out (on average) 2 resumes a week--usually more---and since losing my job in APRIL i have only been called in for 4 (yes, that's F-O-U-R) interviews! and obviously none have hired me!!! because i was going back to school.

this is so fucked up.

short-changed chump??

when preparing to go back to school, one needs to make MANY purchases. some more astronomical than others (language textbook- i'm talkin' about you) . in order to do that, one needs finances. when said person is totally dependant on the state for income--it bites.

today i got my unemployment check and for some reason it was only ONE WEEK'S worth of "pay". with no explanation as to why. did i not fill out my paper work properly? did it arrive too late? did i accidentally go "outside the box" when marking my required paper work and thereby lost half my needed money??? who do i report this to? can i report it? can i get that money? the list of questions goes on and on.

i feel like a chump, because i swore i filled everything out, double-checking for no errors because this IS my income. and it's not a whole lot. with rent coming up and an accidental overdue bill, plus textbooks and [probably should purchase a netbook] other expenses, one tiny fuck up can mean the difference between getting by or not.

i just hope that next time, it won't do this. i'll let my spousal unit double check- make sure i'm not losing it.