My story:

I was laid off last month, found a job before I finished my old job, had no gap of employment, but now I've been told by my new job I will have to stop working on my expiration date (10/13, this Thursday) and cannot come back to work until I have my EAD in hand. No word yet as to until when they will hold my position for me. And of course, not word on my case moving or getting approved as of today.

Of course, on top of all this, my family had a money emergency right before I left my old job and now all I have to hold me over until my permit arrives is my severance pay which is not much. And I probably won't be eligible for unemployment, and even if I was, I don't have a permit so I will be penniless really quick.

Woo!