I just found out a few weeks ago that my boss is quitting her job to stay home with her kids, and since I'm her babysitter, that kind of means I'm out of a job. I have pretty much no useful experience, since I've been home with my kids (or hers) the past 9 years. I didn't go to college- I didn't need to, I was going to be a Mommy. My husband was supposed to be the provider for our family. Problem is he didn't really provide anything, other than me with a never-ending migraine, and some inappropriate material which he downloaded onto our computer. So, I packed up the kids and moved to my Mom's until until I found the babysitting job and an apartment of my own. And all was well-ish, at least until now. But like I said, now I'm out of a job, with no feasible employment in sight.
Oh, and did I mention that my husband doesn't pay child support, or that he filed for divorce a couple weeks ago and he's saying that he has just as many costs as I do and that he can't afford to pay child support? Or that I home-school my kids, so getting a 40 hour a week job with benefits is out of the question?
So you see my dilemma? I need a job, but don't have a recent job history or really any marketable skills. All the jobs I'm finding in my rural area are for 12 hours a week or 40- nothing in-between. I'd LOVE to start my own business, but until I get it going, we do have to have some money to live on. The last thing I need right now is to lose my car because I couldn't make payments. I just spent all morning looking for jobs, only to confirm what I already knew... there aren't any.
So as you can see, I have a lot to talk about: single parenting, going through divorce/child custody, unemployment, working at home, home-schooling, enterepreneurship..... the list goes on and on.
But what am I going to do right now? I'm gonna go make myself a cup of coffee, grab a piece of chocolate, take a couple ibuprofen and call it a day.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I just need a job, a good laywer, a vacation and some CHOCOLATE! Is that too much to ask for?
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