LouBelle, You made my morning cup of tea sweeter!
Glad you are out there DOING! It will happen. My middle daughter also had to decide whether to throw in the towel in a situation like yours or else come out fighting. She is doing fine. Living on her own and, still a bit of struggle for steady employment, making it.
You'll get your foot in the door somewhere--She "interned" at a magazine for the networking and the experience and it looked good on her resume--and eventually work came through.
Jobs are hard to come by for this younger generation, me thinks. I know life is always a struggle, is hard. But you have friends. Know your worth, LouBelle, no matter what. We feel it. Just own it, yourself. And keep us posted.
Love you, Maeve