Miscellaneous thoughts
Today is Isaiah’s 8th birthday. I spent the last couple of hours baking cupcakes with green frosting…LOL green is his favorite color. I think that we are going to have a family get together some time this weekend, depending on my sister and brother-in-law’s schedule. They are spending weekends looking for an affordable house for rent in the area where he works now. He stays M-F with his elderly cousin, and my sister stays here and works.
In case you didn’t read the comments on the last blog, I am thinking about selling home-party jewelry. I am not exactly the “ladies group” kind of gal, but it’s worth pretending, I guess. With this company, the dealer gets 50% of the sales. I thought about having a shop online too, couldn’t hurt!
Rick has been doing small jobs here and there… Has a few more lined up.
I didn’t write that last post to get sympathy, it is just what was on my mind, and my guard was down. Having a positive attitude, for me, is like wearing too-tight jeans – Eventually I just have to unbutton and take a deep breath! LOL
There is a job available, but I don’t know if I could do it. It is being an attendant care person at the local mental health Transitional Living Center, “Teaching and assisting consumers with daily living skills and medication management”. I have enough of a hard time “managing” supposedly sane people, I am not sure what to expect from that job…. I will be making a decision this weekend, and maybe applying on Monday. I know the woman who is the supervisor, we used to go to the same church, and so interviewing wouldn’t be too nerve-wracking LOL
In case you didn’t read the comments on the last blog, I am thinking about selling home-party jewelry. I am not exactly the “ladies group” kind of gal, but it’s worth pretending, I guess. With this company, the dealer gets 50% of the sales. I thought about having a shop online too, couldn’t hurt!
Rick has been doing small jobs here and there… Has a few more lined up.
I didn’t write that last post to get sympathy, it is just what was on my mind, and my guard was down. Having a positive attitude, for me, is like wearing too-tight jeans – Eventually I just have to unbutton and take a deep breath! LOL
There is a job available, but I don’t know if I could do it. It is being an attendant care person at the local mental health Transitional Living Center, “Teaching and assisting consumers with daily living skills and medication management”. I have enough of a hard time “managing” supposedly sane people, I am not sure what to expect from that job…. I will be making a decision this weekend, and maybe applying on Monday. I know the woman who is the supervisor, we used to go to the same church, and so interviewing wouldn’t be too nerve-wracking LOL
posted by Amethyst Rising at 12:19 PM
6 Comments:
I guess whether you can do the job or not depends on if you are a "helps" kind of person. You may like it. You may hate it. I'm thinking you could try it and if it turns out that you hate it, you can always go back to being a homemaker, for now. It doesn't help that there are no employment opportunities in your area.
Figuring school against groceries is a tough one. I wish I had a magic pill or some such. Or good advice. Of course you want to provide for your family. As Jas said, groceries are eaten up and then they are gone. But it's providing now. Furthering your education would be providing in the future. Would there be more/different employment opportunities if you were better educated? Or would you have the knowledge and no job in the end? Jeez Am, that's a toughie. Sorry I can't be of any better help. I'll send up a prayer. Go for the job for now anyways, I think. It might be better than you think. I know I did my stint as a teachers aide to K and special ed kids to teach me I didn't want to be a teacher. But helping people seems to be something in me. You may find it fulfilling. Helping the less fortunate may bring out something in you that you didn't know you had. It may be a door or window opening. You'll never know unless you try.
Good luck hon. Let us know what you decide.
I hate to sound like a horrible person, but helping people who you can reason with is one thing, and working with people who are mentally incapable of taking care of themselves is another... I am a shy person at heart, and trying to be "authoritative" in this situation just sounds like a ulcer-causing situation for me... Heck, I get nervous in a room full of kids, trying to be "in charge". Trying it with adults would be horrible... I did it well at my last job, I knew that job inside and out and the people I worked with were capable of being reasonable, and the customers that I loved were capable of taking care of themselves.
I can't imagine doing a job where every day I loathe to even get out of bed, I can already feel that sense of dred...
Does that make me a horrible person because I don't have what it takes to work with the extremely mentally ill people? So be it...
Give me a bar full of drunks, or a convenience store full of gang bangers, but that live-in center for mentally handicapped people scares the heck out of me...I am so thankful there are poeple who can do that, but it just isn't me...
Of course, I wouldn't say that in the interview! Hahaha!
Don't worry. It won't last forever, but it is something that will get you guys through this transition.
The jewelry thing kind of scares me. Both my wife and I are experienced in the whole door-to-door-party-sales thing and we both lost our asses in it. This jewelry thing sounds like that. Be very careful. It is a general rule in the field that if you have to make an investment of money first, then the job is a scam, pretty much across the board and I haven't yet seen proof otherwise.
Good luck sweetie!
the jewelry thing isn't bad... $50, and there are lots of those parties, there isn't anywhere else to buy these things unless you drive 100 miles... It's a company I have bought quite a bit of good stuff from. Those parties are the only thing to do in Hick county...lol
I certainly understand your dread about the job. Gosh, could you get maybe kitchen work there? That sounds sucky but may be better than what you really already hate.
Maybe the jewelry thing isn't so bad if you've done business with them before, you're comfortable with the arrangement, and really think that folks would come to the parties. You could make them fun. Like those 'fun' parties, only with jewelry instead of...well, you know. (snort) Good luck Am. I hope something works out for you soon. Too bad about the kennel idea. How about house sitter/dog walker/take care of your stuff if you go out of town person? Probably nobody goes out of town right? drat. I'll keep thinking.
I agree with Jules. Too bad about the Kennel thing. Three dogs on your property??? Hick county needs a new sheriff!
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