Tuesday, March 4, 2014

So I'm looking for a part-time job

In my quest to get enough money to someday pay off these loans, I'm trying to find a part-time job somewhere. My biggest problem is timing. While I only work 30 hours a week in theory, it ends up being more like 45 with travel. I know it's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. So, my ideal part-time job would have flexible hours, since sometimes my work requires me to be at random meetings... I'm trying to figure out what time I actually have available to work a part-time job. Well, another one.

So, my regular job requires me to be working (or in the process of getting from/to work) from 6:00 am - 6:00 pm. I try to work 3 days a week, if I can, though that changes depending on what meetings I have to attend. So, weekends would probably be good, even though Mondays are a day that I consistently have to be at work. I need to be asleep by 10:00 pm on the days before the days I'm at work, so that's something to think about.

I'd also like a job that's not too far from where I live or work now. Bleh. Sometimes I wonder about job applications for low level jobs. I mean, I don't understand why you would need a cover letter to work as a cleaning person. Is there anyone who thinks that cleaning out offices for $9.00 an hour is their life's dream? The majority of those jobs (I'm sure) are completely aware that people only apply because they need money and a flexible schedule. The jobs aren't typically hard. Just repetitive.

In the immortal words of Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

Phillip: You put the beef on the grill, hit the button, then it beeps. You flip the beef, hit the other button, then it beeps. You put it on the bun... there's not a button for that.
Buffy Summers: Repeat until insane.

As is perhaps evident, I'm not looking forward to working part-time jobs again. I mean, nothing against them, just... It sometimes feels like they don't make a dent in what I need to do. And I thought I'd kind of moved past them. The ideal scenario would be for my main job to pay more money. Enough money to pay for all my stuff and I'm working on that. I really am. I'm grateful for the work I have... It's just that it'd be easier to live if I had enough money to pay my debts. And this is not me talking. This is the federal government, which has decided that I really don't earn enough to do that and still have a reasonable life. Granted, I don't really care about their determinations, but I have stuff I want to do that I can't do without more money.

Sometimes, I wonder if I have skills that translate to money.