Update 5/11/21:

Update 5/11/21:
Well after hundreds of applications and countless interviews with employers that offer insanely less pay than they were prior to covid in my field of work, I was re hired at a previous employer last month. Today the Tennessee Unemployment office decided to mark my first ticket from nearly 5 months ago as solved, even though its not as I am still waiting on that 6 months of unemployment. Very cool.

4 months and waiting. At least they closed their phone queue so you can't speak to someone now, and their chat system is a joke. Good stuff.

Updating my review here;

Well this is awkward. Filed a new claim, approved in the normal 2 week time, but nothing about the 4+ months I certified for. Neat, we'll get there one day.