Sometimes you just HAVE TO laugh...

So, all pride aside, I signed up for unemployment benefits as I'm still in search of a job. To do so, I went through 8 pages and 50+ questions. The State was very prompt; it was only a few days after I completed the online application that I heard back from them.

I received the call yesterday around noon. Kim just happend to be home during lunch, otherwise I don't think she would have believed me. The claims agent said there was a "Red Flag" in my application that kept my claims from going through.

"Did you work as a professional athlete during the last 18 months?" he asked.

"What? No." My response was of a little confusion.

"Ok, that's what I thought," he continued. "You'd apparently checked this question as 'Yes' when filling out your application."

HA!! I laughed so hard when I got off the phone. I said I was a professional athlete! In what? Bacci Ball? Cribbage? Darts? What a riot!

I even went back to the application and looked for my mistake. Sure enough, I marked down a bold 'Yes'. It was in that section that has all the questions you're supposed to answer 'No' to. Questions like:

• Have you earned at least half your income from working in a fruit orchard?
• Are you currently employed? (yeah, on an unemployment application)
• In the last 18 months, have you traveled out of the country and had contact monkeys? (maybe this one's for giving blood... but you get the idea)

Well, I hope you enjoyed this little anecdote. It brought a little reminder to us: Sometimes, you just HAVE TO laugh. It's good for the soul and it shows off God's sense of humor.

Thanks for the continued prayer.

~Kurt