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Scary Good

So, as many of you who have this blog on your radar know, I am currently unemployed. This past week, though, I had a highly successful meeting with a recruiter named Susie at a national temp/recruiting agency. Yay, right? Right, but there was something else. They required me to give a reference from my last job. That was a bit of a problem, as my supervisors from my last job adored my teaching, but were not really thrilled with how much time off I took. There was a point in the interview, where I had to say something. "About my references," I started. I don't remember my exact words, but they boiled down to this. I had some serious problems starting in September 2010, starting with a miscarriage, and I never quite bounced back. I am a chronic depressive. I am on medication, and I keep it in check with regular therapy and visits to my psychiatrist. I had problems getting to work some days, especially with a long commute. I said it. I laid everything down. It