Ergh.

[reymonkey]

Um. Geez. I don't make two posts in one day for no reason. The high from the feature on DA is nice but it won't pay bills. I'm still trying to figure out how to make my art do that.

Bridgie lost her job.
We have enough for rent, and bills for now I guess. I'll help her do the unemployment thing. Lots of jobhunting going on. She's got more marketable skills than I do.

I just don't know right now, and I wish I had the answers. She's got a cobra rider on her insurance until the end of March, but she needs the insurance to pay for the meds that keep her functional so she can work so she can have medical insurance so... yeah. It's a cycle and now it's broken.
At this very moment, there is no source of income here, at all. We're counting on her last paycheck, and tax refunds, and whatever unemployment will give her.

If we someday vanish off the net at least you guys will know why? It drives me nuts all these advice things I keep seeing about budgeting. They talk about cutting down the cell phone, the cable or satellite, the credit cards, the gym memberships, all things we don't have. We've already been living on the financial edge for years. We have heat, electricity, phone line, rent, food, and ten bucks a month for dial-up. We're not living to the excess here.

Suggestions? Anyone? Please? Especially suggestions on getting a damn job. And don't anyone suggest 'move to Canada' or I will e-slap you.

I will still give meme answers below, because I ned the distraction, damnit.

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[reymonkey.livejournal.com]

Hospitals? For a graphic designer and an admin? Stable would be good, though. Geez, she was at this last job eight years, so we thought it was pretty stable.

I'm gonna get her set up on unemployment, mine has run out as of a month or so ago.

[del-the-psycho.livejournal.com]

Hospitals always need people to file and input data. It's almost always a surefire place to start looking for any openings. And you don't have to worry about doing anything medical or gross or needing the credentials for such, if that was the concern. (Should have clarified that.)

Otherwise, I did four years as a janitor; two for a vet clinic (this one would probably be gross to some, though) and two more for a community college. ( ._.)/ Not glamourous, but it paid the bills. And if I can do that stuff, anyone can.

[reymonkey.livejournal.com]

Hunh, makes sense. Ah, the joyful world of data entry? ;) I'm qualified for that.

I've applied for receptionist jobs at vets before, the gross parts don't bother me. Dunno about Bridgie. Janitorial jobs do seem to be out there... What scares me is some of those ask for experienced only...