[txdiva]

Originally Posted by 9dstpm

Dear Employment Jesus,

I am so disheartened right now. I am no longer a case manager due to budget cuts. Now I'm an on-call youth care worker. If the supervisor is feeling generous, I might get two days of work a week to chase kids all over the place and have them cuss me out.

I have flooded the city with my resume but have not gotten a single call. I've gone to Manpower and Kelly but have not gotten calls for work. I'm hitting the bookstores today to put in applications since I'm such a book fanatic and figure that I could at least make some money from my love of reading and knowledge. I'm even gonna see if I can get in at the post office for some holiday work. I'm pretty much willing to try anything (legal) to make some money because Hubby can't carry the load by himself.

Sometimes I wonder why did I go to college if things were going to be this hard? All my life I've been told that a college education was the path to success. I don't feel really successful right now. We are barely making ends meet. Rent, daycare, and gas/food are our biggest expenses right now. We are cutting off our basic cable and internet and our cellies are next. Please talk to Daycare Voucher Jesus too, because if we don't get that, The Baby and I will be spending lots of time together at home. Even though I am feeling really sad right now, I know that You care for us and that You are providing for us. I just wanted to get this off of my chest. Amen.

9dstpm

I know what you mean. I just went to an interview today and was turned down. Maybe this is telling me that I'm overqualified for the job or this was not the job for me and something better is on the way. Whatever it is, I'm still discouraged. It's so much easier to find a job when you have one already. I didn't know it would be this tough.