Yes. It’s a NOLA job but I don’t know the sections of NO. I’ll send you a DM

I had a preliminary interview today (recorded, not live) for a job as a school librarian. This particular school has good benefits and estimated base pay was OK. It didn’t require a library degree or teacher cert so I think I have a shot. I did ask my lawyer again to confirm if I was permitted to live & work outside the state. He said yes. This job is in Louisiana and they said I should get feedback within a few days. I’m alone at my rental trying to pack up as much as possible. I’m gonna try to MacGyver my mattress to my car roof tomorrow. It will fit inside the car but then I’ll have no other space. I had planned to do 2 car trips but my landlords are chomping at the bit for me to leave so I’ll shove as much as possible in the car and take my neighbor up on her offer to put some stuff in her guest room. No one uses it and she knows I’ll come back and get my stuff out. My goal is to leave town Sat with the cat and drive straight to the extended stay hotel. Get the cat settled then meet up with my sister to see the Barbie movie 😆 I work best with deadlines but worst case we’ll have to postpone the movie. We saw the Little Mermaid together a few days ago (my kids didn’t want to go — I offered to take them weeks ago). Kitty is content. I hate to do the long car ride with her but I need to get her out of the house.

I don’t know if I found the right Marriot job. The fine print needs you to live in a certain area. Pay is $16.50. I messaged a house with a couple females that need a roommate. $700/mo including utilities. Cheaper than extended stay hotel.

I think that is an autocorrect for rehoming. She would be very difficult to rehome. We tried once when ds was told he was very allergic to pets. I wish she could be hired to contribute to rent, lol She’s essentially family to me. Had her 10 years. I’ll use my cc or cash advance to help with the temp hotel idea if necessary. I need to research all the pet-friendly ones. She’s always been a bit skittish, feral. I don’t think it would go over well for her to be rehomed.

I went to see Pat’s room for rent. Pat turned out to be short for Patrick and was a creepy man 😭😭😭 So many red flags. I brought my sister with me. She’s in town visiting. The room he was clearing out had an overflowing box of Playboy magazines. 🤮 I might end up in an extended stay hotel with the cat, I dunno. But only very short term. They cost $1300/month.

Well others chimed in that Aldi here is $15 🤣🤣🤣 I’ll keep in mind as a second job option potentially in the future but they said hours are iffy and the local store canceled one lady’s interview at the last min (when they were actively hiring) and said they weren’t gonna hire after all. I saw a graphic design job that is only accepting applications a few more days. I’m not 100% qualified but I applied. It’s NOT listed on indeed so I’m hoping not a million people applied.

Ok the upstairs room idea fell through. It’s been spoken for. The other room for rent at a lady’s home is hopefully a viable option. I’m going to see it in person tomorrow. The room includes access to laundry, kitchen, living room, shared bathroom. Utilities included. It’s a bit in the country but I googled and it’s ~15 min from major shopping center & my gym. If dd can’t spend the night (haven’t asked) we could stay at my dad’s a couple nights a month as a temp solution.

I’ve applied to online jobs. No bites. I’ve also gotten baited with “delta remote work” and “BCBS remote work ads” that don’t even lead to the job posting. It redirects you to a sketchy third party site. Then you go directly to the airline sites and they don’t even offer remote work. They list cities. And I don’t see any remote jobs for BCBS. It’s just months of throwing my resume into a void and some places literally aren’t hiring. They just list a job because they are obligated or they are collecting a pool of candidates for down the line. It’s very misleading. Wnen I apply on Indeed it tells me how many other people applied to the same job. 90% or more of the job alerts I get on LinkedIn are remote.

In April it was $12.50 at local Aldi according to one person whose wife applied. Another person thinks it’s $14.50 now. I doubt that it made that jump. Pay here just sucks

I posted a ques in a local FB group asking the Aldi pay and percentage of time on your feet. A woman responded that she worked at one in another state and they get trucks all the time and she was on her feet 7 hours out of her 8 hour shift. For reference, glassdoor cashier estimate for Aldi is $11-22. That's why I'm thinking we don't get anywhere near $16.

At one point ours was hiring and I hear another is being built a few towns over but I don’t know when it will open. So I just like to keep it as a backburner idea. I looked online a little while ago and this location is not hiring. I haven’t worked in a grocery store but I was a cashier many years (fast food, retail, and the library had a register).

Oh I’m certain the Mississippi Aldi doesn’t pay $16. No, I didn’t apply. If it was a 6 hr shift who’s to say stocking wouldn’t be 4 hrs? Maybe I can ask another employee but I don’t think they’re hiring right now.

Nanny job has been filled. The others were removed, filled or expired. There's a graphic designer needed closer to my old home but it’s a 3 hr drive to the kids.

Monday applied in person to 2 receptionist jobs 1 job - pay is a measly $10/hr 2nd job - pay is $11 and you file a 1099 - taxes aren’t withheld The heck is wrong with these people? The car dealership liked me and asked if I could do anything else. I told them I had a degree in advertising and she said her marketing person is leaving soon so she’ll hold onto my resume. No telling what that person makes, though. Called the community college to inquire about potentially taking an a la carte class in graphic design to brush up on my skills. My gf was mistaken and I was right - it’s taught at a certain campus (further) and no night classes. All daytime in person. I asked what the OOP fee would be for one class and they said approx $760. 😬 I was enrolled in said class exactly one day before xh got a job in middle of no where and I dropped out. That was like 9 years ago. 8 people applied to the nanny job and the family hasn’t responded to me. I requested a review from an old client but they didn’t leave one. My profile has no reviews.

I was a member at the time so that’s probably why it was so cheap. But might still be worth looking into these big box stores with or without a membership. Sam’s always has promotions for memberships. Costco is always full price it seems. I have a Costco membership at the moment, but not Sam’s. OP, you can go inside and ask for the printed list of reduced prices meds.

There is a list of certain meds that are affordable through Sam’s club. I don’t love their hours so don’t go there right now but worth looking into. You should not need to be a Sam’s member to use the pharmacy (or snack bar 🙂 )

Feeling more optimistic today. I’m going to apply to a couple places in person today (ad says apply in person). My care.com account is live! I hope the families read and respond to my messages. I applied with 3 families. Would have applied with 4 but the 4th family wants you there 6am to midnight Mon-Friday… huh?? Do you fall asleep after tucking in the kid, drive home, then come back a few hours later??? Or is it possible you’d sleep there during the week? I got a couple leads on homes. My gf’s sister apparently shares her place with roommates. The upstairs will be vacant soon so she’s gonna get me a quote. It would be 1 bedroom & 1 bath to myself upstairs. Could bring my cat. I know the family (my gf’s sister & her daughter). I said depending on my work schedule I could help with childcare in the morning — getting her daughter fed and on the bus. Mom has work at 5 am!! She finished the construction program and has a job at the shipyard. I didn’t know their hours were that crazy. I was able to do free messaging through roomies dot com. A woman will rent me a room for $500… it’s a bit in the country though. I said I will give her an answer soon. The roommate options are both month to month so no big commitment. Something will work out soon I pray. my neighbor called me to rave about the cornbread muffins I gave her (Krusteaz box mix) and felt compelled to check on my cat. I said no don’t do it, I’ll be there soon and had one friend offer to go check. A sweet woman I know through homeschooling sent me a holistic product for separation anxiety for my cat (Jackson Galaxy product) and I put some on kitty and in her water dish before I left town. She lives an hr from my house but as a last resort I’d let her check on the cat since my sister flies into town tonight and I don’t know when I’ll get to the cat. Ok so the neighbor brought her husband with her and they went to scoop the litter and top off the food Mon night (there’s a bowl & food dispenser). She said kitty came out briefly then left. No attacks lol Yay Today I’ll call the podiatrist’s office and see if there’s any update on my pending ins. If they clear it I plan to pick up insoles Wed and bring new bag of cat food to the house, load up car again. I got more free boxes from Walmart late last night. My gf and I are both mid move (the one moving into her bf’s place) so we literally both had to pack and unload stuff this week. We rarely ever have kid-free times line up so last night we went out to a restaurant together and that’s when she told me about her sister’s upstairs.

Aldi never gave me their pay but they said they don’t sit the whole shift. I’m avoiding places where I’ll be on my feet much. That includes hardware stores. Harbor Freight pays $14. Yes I did like 8 weeks of PT for my feet. I went to follow up on a receptionist job and the girl at the desk said they’re on a hiring freeze 🙄 Went to find another place I applied and google has no matches.

That was very disheartening. Job interview at casino. They don’t give you a set shift, you get a barrage of phone calls and a walkie talkie you must answer all day long (second ring on phones). And it pays $13-13.50/hr. You must work weekends and flexible shifts. So you might go in one day at 9 am and the next at 1 pm. They might be able to do the every other weekend thing but overall I wanted to run. This is a desk in the back. They said I might be a good fit for front desk (I applied there, too) but the start out pay she estimates is $14 and they only have part time openings now. You’d think as much money as casinos make they’d pay a living wage. This gives me little to no hope at the other places I applied that do not disclose salary.

I applied to two jobs and status says pending approval so I don't even think the families can see I applied yet. I hope that status changes soon.

Signed up temporarily with a premium account on care.com so I could apply to a full time nanny job near the kids. The children are all school age (which is my preference) and they need you Mon-Thursday long hours but then you'd have Fri-Sun off. And I'm guessing some of those hours the kids are in school and you are doing meal prep or light housekeeping or something? Oh well it can't hurt to apply. None of the sitter jobs pay much... most families are asking 10-12/hr. Some are closer to 15. This family's range goes up to $17. I currently make more than that when I babysit. I'd definitely ask for the high end if they want to meet with me. In my favor I have the reference of the agency and I can help with homework. They want the person to start in Aug. And I got that recent CPR/First Aid/AED training plus my CPST certification. So I think I'm a good candidate.

Apparently you have to pay $12/mo minimum to read messages on the Roomster app. 🙄 I received a message but I can’t read it.

I’ll think about it. I have a ton of pending job apps I’ll be following up with and a job interview Monday. I just really want something new started soon. The second shift sounds a lot like the casino job I didn’t pursue further (3-11 pm). They did not say what hours they refer to as second shift. They made it clear in the details on the Bank job that you shouldn’t have kids home during your shift blah blah. I can see how that would be hard if it’s a day I have kids. In summer it’s week on/week off with the kids. Which would be an issue no matter what shift I guess. ——————- I’m so frustrated about my new orthotics being held captive. The podiatrist’s office apparently filed June 14 (service date was 5/31). Ins says they received the claim June 23 and it will be pending 15-30 business days. I asked the podiatrist’s office could I please just pick them up and you bill me the difference? We already calculated that it should he roughly $10. They said the only way to release them is to charge me the OOP fee. So I just pray that ins processes soon and correctly and I get the things next week when I drive back to my house to check on kitty. I’m wondering if I can try again with kitty and boyfriend when I know she’s calmer and see if he could cat sit soon. My landlords ignored my last text. I think they are just ready for me to get out. I asked could I use their W/D that I used when I first moved in (it stays on the property) but I see their dryer is stored like 5 feet in the air on a shelf. I’m going to see if I can get cash back at the grocery store now so I can do laundry. The laundromat can convert bills to coins but I don’t have bills right now. I don’t want to pay an ATM fee lol Dollar stores charge $1 fee for cash back. I can always do that.

Ohh I missed that. But when I began to apply it defaults to second shift without another option.

Maybe she needs a chaser… something yummy after (although that’s clearly not the root cause. She was taking it fine before). No ____ til after your medicine? (Screens or something)