I'm Trying

My best friend worked with me too ,so when we were out of work we decided to start our own business.  It wasn't such a good idea.  We started a cleaning business, we learned that if you make $400 or above you have to claim that money or you can go to prison, can you believe that.  Our accountant told us to hold back 35% of what we made.  I did it for four months and when I figured out what I was owed it was less than $400, you should never work with you best friend, no two people do things the same way, it could have been the end of a friendship.  She continued to do it for a while but she needed medical insurance so she had two or three jobs and then found another factory job that fit her.  I have friends that are driving 50 miles a day and making $8-$9 an hour.  It's pretty sad.  We had great benefits, all through the years but you just don't realize it while you have it.  I think that is what most of us miss. 
I have been drawing unemployment for awhile now, applying for jobs, it's tough. You would be surprised how many people look at unemployment as welfare, even family members, look, they have paid in on me all my life and if I can't fine a job, well, I'll draw unemployment.  Example, I applied for a job cleaning a medical center for 2 hours a day, now mind you I cleaned at a nursing home for several years before I went to the factory and then had my own cleaning business but I couldn't get a 2 hr. a day job for $8 an hour doing what I know how to do.  The guy that interviewed me said you are a perfect fit and all but told me I had the job and I didn't get it.  Example, I applied for a job fitting eye glasses at an eye doctors for a few hours a week, I didn't even get an interview for that job.  How do you ever get experience when nobody will give you a chance?  Talk about making you feel about as low as you can.  I always thought working at the same place for 30 years would make you be a good candidate for a job, I mean you have a perfect work record and you don't even get a chance.  I'm not feeling sorry for myself, I just don't understand it.
I have to say, this has been the best year and a half of my life.  I love being home, there is plenty to be done around here, especially in the spring and summer with a huge yard and lots of flowers.  I have a 5 bedroom house so just trying to keep that clean is a chore.