I have been posting a lot of fluff in the past week. I would apologize but really, who cares?


I want to get a part-time job.

I have been thinking about this recently and I have even talked to my pal Bobbi about it. I wouldn't mind working at a retail joint folding tee shirts for nine bucks an hour. Wouldn't we all like some extra cash? I would have to work in the evenings and weekends so I'd end up missing out on quality time with my husband. I enjoy the weekends now because we are free to spend time together as a family. We can do something (or nothing) and we're on no one else's time but ours. I cherish that time and don't want to lose it.

 

HOWEVER, I am tired of not having money to go out to dinner or to see a movie. Jacob and I can't go on dates because we simply can't afford it. I would love to be able to take a weekend trip to Austin but with what money? We knew that being a one income family would mean that we wouldn't be able to do whatever we wanted without planning for it but we aren't struggling and never fall behind on our bills either. When I eventually go back to work my income will go into savings or into a retirement fund. Except for the money we set aside for vacations. And private school. And unexpected medical expenses. And plastic surgery.

It would be fun to get out of the house and make some money. I would be able to pay for BlogHer without having Jacob foot the bill for a trip he isn't even going to take with me. I want to get more tattoos. I want to buy Jacob the television he's been not-so-subtly hinting at for over a year.

And I want to enroll Avery in Montessori and well, that shit is expensive.

I doubt that a part-time job's income will cover all of that but it will help.

Now I just have to find one.