Ok, so since my bills have been getting the best of me, I decided to take on another job. My teaching job will be daytime starting next week, the 20th, already ... where did the summer go?!

In my district you can opt to get your summer pay in a lump sum, or get it throughout the summer just like the school year... I get it the same way all year. I can't imagine getting a lump sum and having to spread it evenly throughout 2 1/2 months! I am not the best at budgeting, so don't even want to think about the trouble I'd get myself in with that amount of money in my bank account at one time.

Since I'm also not doing my teacher union job anymore (I quit at the end of the school year... just not worth the hassle at this point), I figured I could squeeze in a PT job for after school and on weekends.

So, after I thought about all the different options, and where did I want to work, who I'd be working with, and would I be spending my paycheck there rather than on bills (Macy's came to mind ), I applied at Lowes and Home Depot. Well, I got hired at Home Depot!! I also figured in to this equation that there would be handy men there that I could meet. SINGLE handy men! This is good, right?! I can get paid to wear jeans and a shirt and sneakers (not dressed up, thank god), and meet a single, handy guy! I think this was a good decision on my part, lol! Hmmm... can just see the wedding invitations now... 'please join our bride and groom as they walk down our plumbing aisle to their waiting lawn tractors and drive off into the sunset!" LOL!

Oh, and orientation is on Friday!!! I have to actually get up and be there by 8:30am! You don't even want to know how late I've been sleeping in!!