Yes I landed a job. It's not just some poor paying job to tide me over or anything either. It won't make me rich but it's real work on which I can support myself and save and have some play money (I have been supporting myself all along, but I've just been spending down money).
It is a bit bittersweet to be working again (I'm probably going to have to quit some things I started in my unemployment unfortunately - like I started studying massage) but it is also a GREAT RELIEF!!!! The unemployment rate is really high here (over 12%). Being unemployed took me to some pretty dark places mentally. Dark places from which really noone could help me. I felt like whether I ever worked again was ultimately in the hands of fate and that none of my actions could assure that I would work again. And this despite having a few years savings with which to retrain (ha, but I wasn't having an easy time getting college courses!) and look for work. In other words despite being in a really good position relatively speaking.
I actually found work quite easily, after 2 months or so of searching (and I have major survivors guilt toward all those who are still unemployed!). I was unemployed longer than 2 months but I didn't look for work right away.