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So now we are getting all the email notifications we haven't gotten over the last couple of weeks. Fun.

Day three, and I have an appointment with an employment agency that I'm not looking forward to. They are going to make me take a typing test and all that stuff I'd hoped I'd finally put behind me. Still, it must be done.

I confess, if it weren't for the financial worry, I'd be very happy right now. I enjoyed cleaning the house yesterday, doing all the things I tend to put off because who wants to be scrubbing a tub on a Saturday when one could be with friends and family? I enjoyed getting dinner ready, and having it on the table just as the husband came through the door. I enjoyed watching Charlie and his friend play outside, making them an after-school snack, and yelling out the door that they weren't to play in the front yard.*

In short, I rather like being a housewife.

I have taken the advice of several people and have gone onto Idealist.org and craigslist.org. I found several 'looking for freelance writer' things on craigslist, and am also now harboring the fantasy that I can do that part-time work and freelance stuff, and that would be enough to sustain us.

Of course, I am one of probably a million people who've responded to those free-lance adds, so my hopes aren't too high. It would be nice, though.

So, I soldier on, and try not to worry too much about what tomorrow will bring. Right? Right.

*busy street

on 2005-12-07 02:22 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] lietya.livejournal.com
Good luck with the appointment! And with the freelance stuff; from the people I know doing it, it *is* a nice gig if you can get it.

all the old email notifications are quite a puzzlement to me, now that I've forgotten what the heck I was talking about back then. :)

on 2005-12-07 02:39 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] amnormand.livejournal.com
I somehow missed the post about you being let go from your job, I'm very sorry to hear that. It's really sucky to be laid off, esp. around the holidays.

I'm sure something better will come your way, hopefully very soon.

Lots of hugs!

'Net

on 2005-12-07 03:19 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] teh-dale.livejournal.com
You might try e-mailing the publishing companies. A lot of them will send new manuscripts by unknown authors to people for review. You basically read the book, fill out a questionaire that the publishing company provides, and send it in. They pay so much for each book reviewed. I don't know exactly which companies do this, but it's worth a shot.

Oh, P.S. They also hire people to write the copy for dust jacket blurbs.

on 2005-12-07 03:31 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] brownkitty.livejournal.com
Would you make enough money from babysitting, if you were to do that? And is it something you could stand to do long-term?

on 2005-12-07 03:31 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] jandyle.livejournal.com
Good luck with the job search. I hope you are able to find something that you can do from home (or a few somethings, whatever works). Being able to see Charlie that much more would be such a gift. :)

Good luck!

on 2005-12-07 03:46 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] zambonigirl.livejournal.com
Isn't it sad that when you're worried about that kind of stuff, there's just no enjoying what you've got going on right now? And no matter how much anyone tells you not to worry, it's just impossible.

I hope you hear some very good news very soon.

on 2005-12-07 05:59 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] zelle999.livejournal.com
My boss called me in yesterday to tell me my job may or may not exist in three months.

But she doesn't know for sure...

But it's okay if I start looking now.

But it's probably going to be okay.



Maybe.

on 2005-12-08 11:53 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] charliesmum.livejournal.com
Ug. That sucks. At least it won't blindside you if it happens, but it's horrible to have to sit there and wonder for the next three months. Good luck!

on 2005-12-07 07:16 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kippurbird.livejournal.com
My mom, when my brother was about ten or so, stopped working. She had been laid off, but she didn't go back to work because my brother and I needed full time care. What with IEPs and therapy and fighting the system and stuff like that.

Also, apparently, alot of autistic people can't hold down the nine to five sorts of jobs. I know I've got problems with it. And I only work for about four hours three days a week. I just get a little buggy. And there's the whole social interaction thing.

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