Thank you all for the good wishes.
You have hit nail on head about the psychological torture, DR John G. I haven't been able to sleep and as I am stress eater, I have gained rather then lost weight.
I come home from work some nights so stressed and tired that despite my promises to myself that I am going to work out, all I can manage is to sit on the couch for about an hour and then go to bed--only to wake up several times a night.
I wish you every success on finding a perm job. I temped for years before I went to work for the county (since everyone knows that if you work for government, you have a job for life--right?). Oy!