EI EI NO!

So, I finally received an answer from the government to whether or not I am eligible for EI. It turns out, no, I am not eligible due to the fact that I have too many hours in the last week. I have worked 7 hours in the last week. I was amazed. In order to receive EI, you need to be unemployed for 7 consecutive days. But it takes at least 4 weeks to get an application through. So really, you need to be unemployed for a month. I'm sorry, but if I'm going to be unemployed for a month, I'm going to find a job, no matter what job it is. If I didn't have Mark, I'd be broke. To their knowledge, I have no children, I am married and could have looked at Mark's records, and I work once a week. I could handle it if they said that Mark makes too much money and therefore I am not eligible but that was not the reason they gave. I worked too much. It would be better to have quit my job and then applied.

I think it's better this way anyway. This way I don't have to pay anything back at the end of the year and am not tied to the rules of the government. I can just work for my paycheque, take it and put it in the bank and not feel that I owe anything to anybody. I never wanted EI anyway, I just went through all this to get this job. It looks like I'm going to get it anyway. But they had to know one way or the other before they could hire me. And now they know so they can make their decision. But boy, I'm telling you, I was getting so sick and tired of waiting around to know if I was eligible. And then after all that, I'm not. I can't imagine what people who really need this are going through!