So I had been hoping to get a job back at the animal hospital where I used to work considering that i have not heard from any of the education jobs that i have applied for or from Boombah. So I called Ann that works there and set up a meeting to just talk about hours and price and see if it is worth it. Well I kinda worked it up in my head that no matter what i would take it cause its a job and this is the only definite job possibility that i have gotten. I am looking for a temporary job where i can work get paid and figure out what i want to go back to school for either Librarian in a School or a School Counselor. So had the meeting yesterday.

It started out all good. I would be answering phones, entering people's information in the computer, greeting people, weighing animals, helping with surgery in back, filling prescriptions. All of it sounded fun and i was excited to have the chance to do those things because when i worked there before i was stuck in back cleaning and i thought that the receptionists were high up there cause they did everything up front. So after that we started talking about hours. There are 2 other receptionists that work there. They like to have 2 people working up front as much as possible and it looks like i would mostly be working afternoon’s evenings and 2 Saturdays a month. But the last thing that we came up with that she needs to check is working 10-6 MTF 4-9 Th and then the 2 Saturdays a month 9-1. Now the hours are not definite. I know from working there before even though they say they close at 6 they can see appointments until like 7..8..9..at night depending on the severity of the animals. And that's just appointments then I would have to go over messages with the Drs and call the messages back so leaving there at like 10 or 11 on that Thursday would not be out of the question. So there would always be the possibility for overtime. Also on those MTF when i would be leaving there would be another person there so that i wouldn't have to close and stay all night I could hopefully leave at 6. So with all that said she then told me about how much receptionists start at. $9...$9.50. ICK! UGH. I was hoping for like around $12. She said that she gets paid pretty crappy and if she didn't have all the overtime she would not be able to afford her house. And she's been there for like 10 years and does everything there. We left with her checking and talking to Dr to see if paying me more was an option and if the last hours she suggested to me would work. Did i mention that the office is in New Lenox....around 35minutes away...

So after there I left and went to my parents house. Told my dad about it first he said it didn't sound too bad for a temporary job while i go back to school to have some income coming in. I told my mom, she made a face at the price. They both think that he should be able to do at least $10. Totaling up the hours of working and with that pay...I would only be pulling in about $1000 a month, only $12,000 a year. It then hit me. I will not be able to make anywhere near to what i was making as a teacher. I was SO proud, even though the job sucked and i was a stressed mess, I was so proud to say that I made about $50 thousand a year, it was pretty much the only confidence the job gave me. And now i feel crushed, almost worthless. Granted if i went back to school and got a job as a Counselor or Librarian i would be making something close to that or more, but that seems so far away. And maybe i think that i should just suck it up and be a teacher even though its so much work and I wasn't really happy, and I didn't feel I was any good because its good money. (not that i could cause there are no jobs around morris for science teachers).

Okay...so my parents were okay with it...temporary job...making money while going back to school...I get home and I talk to Andy about it crappy hours....crappy pay. He thought the $9.50 was insulting and that it wasn't worth taking with the wear on the car with all the miles they should at least pay me $11 dollars an hour before i consider it. He also said that I should talk to other people before I make my final decision. He thinks i can find a job around Morris that pays more. He suggested Sylvan Learning Center a tutoring place in town. (Which i applied for a center instructor in Morris, but they want people in math, reading, writing, algebra, ACT prep, and study skills, I don't know if i'm qualified exactly) But I think any job that I apply for they will see my education and say i'm over qualified. I think that's why the education jobs i've been applying for have not contacted me because they see my experience and education and think well she won't want to stay here long and don't go any further. Granted it would be temporary but 3-4 years temporary. (or longer if i have kids, which kids is a huge just UGH!!!! I don't even wanna think about cause, yes i want them but I need an income and then they'll need a place to stay while I work, just...:::Boom:: Head explodes, i'm wondering where they will fit into my life)

One wonderful thing that has happened is that Andy has gotten a huge freakin raise. He is making about as much as I was making as a teacher. That has eased my mind some, and helps me to breath a little easier when it comes to this whole job, money situation.

So it comes down to I'm not sure if I should take this animal hospital job, even though it is a definite job and a job that I would have to learn but I know would be fun and exciting. I'm not sure if something will come around that is better pay and closer to home.  What do you think I should do? What would you do?

Also all you unemployed people out there how are you looking for jobs? I've used craigslist, monster, chicagojobs and  I'm just not finding anything. Or are there just no jobs out there to find?