A guy xh knew was murdered walking his dog in NOLA years ago It’s just out of my comfort level

At one point this was coined Murder Capital. I’ve used buses in CA in a small city but.. I wouldn’t feel safe. I don’t know how far it is but I don’t even like walking from a parking garage a few blocks in NOLA. That’s why I usually have a friend with me.

I think current students get them free or cheaper. Also they have different rules for requesting them for graduate school.

It’s $12.50 total

Re: public transit I’m leery of using it at all. Bring a single woman getting off work at 7 pm on the rough side of town? Nope nope nope. Random day to go to the grocery store? Maybe.

Parchment is who the school uses and it’s $10

I told him I get $199 a week and I just sent him $110 this week (the remainder of Oct child support I owed). Then stated the rest went to gas etc. He said he understands. But yes those texts and receipts are annoying to receive 😐 I’m not even sure how much money I can borrow from family but I’ll need a ton to move in. I can maybe stall on home wifi. But then my data use will skyrocket. The credit union already told me I’d need three pay stubs to increase my cc limit. Well if it’s anything like my last library job, I’ll get paid monthly. Which means after Christmas will be my first check 😓And I think that Nov 27 start date was tentative so who knows.

The last time I toured apartments I did ask this and they were ok with a letter. However, I don’t know how many weeks til a letter will be available stating I have the job (as in, drug test results and background check have cleared). Sigh. My current email has the pending background/drug test info. Now I may try to stay in my friend’s cottage a week but that’s not much help. I cannot stay longer because her sis is also trying to transition to the area and stays there on weekends while working a side job. Our settlement describes child support & medical so I think both are enforceable but basically told him it will probably be late. I’m not even gonna worry about it. It costs money to contact my lawyer and what’s xh gonna do? I don’t think I’ll be reprimanded.

This is our case

When we went to court I asked my lawyer if we would ask the child support to be paused and he said it wasn’t worth it because they would only pause it briefly, assuming I’d be working soon. And then I’d just owe back pay. Right now I barely have enough on my debit card to purchase an official college transcript requested by the library. on a happier note, when my sister visited from England she told me to use a free kohls gift card she got from an American company. I couldn’t find any workout tanks (I need new ones, I’m swimming in my others) but I found dd a pair of joggers and bought and gave the couple here a baby gift (they are expecting).

Part of me can’t even think that far ahead. I’m so stressed about the move. And processing the breakup. Guess we’ll remain friends (we’ve had plans to shoot zombie targets since before Halloween and will try to do that soon). Every time I turn around there’s more financial stress looming. Xh just said how much I owe on dd’s new glasses and that ds has an eye appt Nov 16 (I’ll owe half. We don’t have vision coverage). I literally cannot keep up with these expenses. Maybe I can start investigating cell phone plans that work where I’m moving and see if I can get a cheaper one.

The email I got a few weeks ago said Nov 27. The drug test/paperwork/background check date is Nov 16. I don’t know how soon after that I can get them to give me a letter to show a future landlord. It’s all kinda hard to plan.

The path I’m on. I mean, part of the children’s exhibit in the museum. When the RBT job contacts me tomorrow I guess I’ll let them know I’ve accepted another job (NOLA). Cutting my losses here. I just need to plan to move, work a hopefully low-stress job, search for a car and accept a lackluster love life scenario once again (seldom see him or break up).

AL interview went well but the city decided to repost the job today (!) so they won’t even hire for several weeks… too bad. It pays ballpark $45-51k and I think I’d be able to do it. They gave me a free pass to tour the museum so I’m doing that now. the ones interviewing had no idea the job would be reposted.

It’s probably not my calling. It was just a carrier path I investigated because I have experience with kids (homeschool co-op, Sunday school, nanny agency babysitting). They have a local office. The pay is $16-18/hr. If they paid on the higher end it would be on par with the library salary and closer to the kids. The library job title is associate. It’s not librarian. I don’t know if I’ll ever want the MLS/MLIS degree as I loathe the idea of returning to school. I just want to pay my bills, build savings and retirement and have health ins. again. I do not know if there is much room for income increases in the library. With RBT I know they do merit based evals/raises annually. But as long as I can pay my bills I’d make do with the library salary as long as possible.

I saw a commercial for cars dot com and went online to get a quote for my car. There was an error and they asked me to go to a dealership in person. A local dealership called me. I figured why not. So I went and had my car seen at two dealerships located side by side. One offered $500 and one offered $800. Not surprised. I know my best bang for my buck is to sell the car to an individual. But I’m not sure anyone will pay much for a car that has a failing transmission etc. I started looking at what it would cost to have a car note. Typically they are quite high. I don’t have the room in my budget. I could maybe barely afford that if the cat was used and cheap… close to a $200/mo car note. But that’s really pushing it. And I know from a friend that moved from MS to LA that the car ins shoots way up. I am feeling a bit discouraged. Like how many weeks can I drive on a bad cv joint as I wait for pay stubs. I’d like to get rid of the car rather than throw more money at repairs. My boyfriend tries to make time for me but I see a pattern that our plans are very dependent on his schedule and I hate to say it but “convenience.” Like last night we didn’t see each other because his teen son wanted to stay up and play video games together. I never want to me the woman that comes between a parent & kid. I will not fight or force things. I have my AL interview today.

There’s growth with RBT jobs too but I see what you’re saying. The car/distance is what scares me most about the NOLA job.

To stay in the black, I will hardly hold onto any of this unemployment money as it goes directly toward the cc that keeps maxing out from auto drafts (storage unit, etc). Hoping I can make at least one cc payment this month with cc rewards. Last month I didn’t have enough points. I hear the cv joint on left and right turns now. Ugh. But I don’t have $400 to give the auto shop and I don’t want to ask my dad for money. He has his own new expenses he’s dealing with plus if I do have to ask him for money I’d rather it be on my moving expenses. And as said before, I feel like there are strings attached and I already feel very in debt to him. I’ve tried to babysit for extra money, but that hasn’t worked out thus far.

NOLA job just said they want me to come Nov 16 to handle paperwork, drug test, background check. I hope I hear back from a closer job before then.

Months ago I bought concert tickets to see a goth band this Nov. My gf backed out last min due to an injury so I offered her ticket to my bf (the tickets were on my phone). We went and had a blast. The parking rates were extra high apparently due to it being a weekend night. But the machine acted up so badly the attendant let us drive through and I see no pending charge on my debit card. My dad knew about the concert in advance so I asked if I could borrow his car due to my car issues and he agreed. There were 2 opening bands and we enjoyed the whole show.

Old email regarding museum job came from government job site. But when logged in, it does not show an application in history so I can’t see any details. I applied back in Feb. Im stressed for financial reasons, stability reasons, imposing on others, and worrying if I don’t get a close by job I’ll lose another relationship. With a really good guy.

I have a job interview next week for an event coordinator position in AL but this sounds different than the last one because it’s tied to a museum. I can’t keep up. These are jobs I applied to early in the year. I’ll see if I can dig up a job description/salary somewhere.

Cv joint + labor. It’s a $400 job. My friend’s brother can install for cheaper labor but don’t think it’s really worth driving to him. I’ll shop around for a part. They run ~$200.

Interview update they are aware I want FT and she’s waiting on approval for FT openings at 2 of 3 of their offices. She asked my office preference (I said the one that’s one town over from the kids). They said pay range is $16-18/hr with annual merit-based assessments/raises. FT is a min of 30 hours. I’d obviously need more to put a roof over my head. They have employees that work 40+. They see clients as late as 6 pm but might extend to 7 pm. Currently most are seen in the clinic. They might expand to 2 Saturdays a month. So far I think I can navigate all that. They will touch base with me by next Friday. But if they do get FT approval and offer me a job it won’t start for several weeks due to background check etc. I hate how I’m in this limbo!! Their clients are ages 1-21. Several may need bathroom assistance (groan lol but I’ll deal) and the average session time is much longer than I anticipated (4-6 hrs with one client). I was told I can finish the 40 hr training but once it’s done it takes 2 weeks to get the certificate and at that rate they might just have me take their course instead. But you cannot combine courses. Their course might be better (geared toward their clinic) but I guess I’ll keep working on mine. They asked my pay requirement and I was candid and explained that $17-18 would be best. They did not think it would work in my favor to start as PT so we are waiting on FT approval. Not that I was formally offered a job, anyway.

My car is making a new sound. Ugh!! And my storage unit rate just increased from $79/mo to $93. My cc declined it, I didn’t have enough money. I had to borrow money from a relative so today I’ll tell the storage unit to run the card again. 🤦🏻‍♀️ My plan is to land that RBT job today. I need income NOW. Not in Dec!! (which is when my first check would go through since the library job starts Nov 27). On a happier note, I was able to get all my baking supplies to do the Day of the Dead cookies with the kids. Today after school they can all decorate them. I’ll make a simple royal icing and they can add sprinkles. I made one batch last night and will bake off the rest today. I had the skull cookie cutter but purchased the tombstone on sale. And I splurged and got the 70% off Day of the Dead ceramic for me and dd to paint. It’s huge and normally $15. Using my thumb to make eye sockets worked on the cookies.