I have two job interviews today- one for a position as an office manager (I REALLY want that one!), and the other is as a seasonal worker at a department store. I have an offer from another department store, but the store I’m interviewing with today is closer. I admittedly don’t think I’m up to the department store positions (standing for hours, so many people), so please send happy thoughts that I get the office manager job.
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Good luck. 
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yah! Good luck, hope it all works out.
Good luck @Happy_H!!!
Good luck! I pray one day I will be able to work again!!
I admittedly don’t know if I can, but I’m going to try. Never hurts to try, right?
Best of luck ! 
Good luck @Happy_H!
Good luck with your interview @Happy_H!
Gl with your interviews!! 
Thanks, all, but it’s no good. I panicked and cancelled the interview. I can’t go to school if I work, and I would feel pressured to do both since I really want to go to school. I may take one of the seasonal jobs at a department store, but I just can’t commit to full time. I’ll focus my job-hunting on my husband’s career.
Now an insurance company called me and wants me to work part-time. I don’t want to lose my disability, though, because I’m scared I won’t be able to work and will have a hard time getting it back. But with part-time work, I could go to school, too, and not have as much stress as working full-time.
I’m so conflicted! I don’t know what I want.
I don’t think they take your disability away right away. I think there is a period that you can try working first and see if you can handle it.
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If i’m not mistaken, they let you work for like nine months before you lose your disability.
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I know about the nine-month thing, but I was planning on holding off on using that option until I’ve finished school. Maybe the part-time thing with the insurance company wouldn’t be too many hours to overwhelm me and wouldn’t cost me my disability.
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I used up all of my 9 months last year and this year.
I didn’t lose my disability though. Sometimes I wish I did because then I would have no choice but to work.
Really they should have only counted 8 months but they said 9 so I have to wait 5 years I think to get another 9 months.
I got used to having extra money for the last several years because prior to that I was going to school and getting the GI Bill.
With three degrees it’s hard to find a job that will keep me under the $1170 monthly limit to keep disability unless I greatly under employ myself. I could only work like 15 or 17 hours a week not even fully part time.
SGA for 2019 is going up to $1220.
@TomCat I thought you had to make under around $850. Can you please explain? I am confused!
If you make less than $800 or so it doesn’t count as a trial work month. But you can make up to $1180 right now and not go over SGA and lose benefits. The rules are fuzzy. But making $1180 would count as trial work months but then afterwards you would be on extended period of eligibility.
It’s best to stay under the $800 and not trigger a review because working at SGA will get you reviewed.