Adventures of a Shockingly Average 30-Something

Rumors that my current job is closing "soon" have been swirling around the community for a while now.  Some people actually thought we were already  closed; a conversation I had more than a few times went somewhat similar to: Person: Where are you working now? Me: (name of the place) Person: Are they still open?!?? Me: Well I'm working there, so... Person: I thought they closed months  ago! I can't say anything, but these rumors have only been getting louder the past couple of weeks.  Like a couple others I work with, I've been searching for another job so I won't be left jobless (and unable to make my student loan payments) if we close.  Well, after applying to so many places that I felt like "applying to jobs" could be my full time job, I got a call back from someplace... and my first day is today. I won't be working with kids at the new job, which I'm a bit bummed about, but it is what it is.  I'm not sure what I'll be ge...

I'm not going to lie - I'm surprised that this blog still gets daily views, despite the fact that I haven't posted anything here in over a month (so much for that "goal" of posting more often eh?). The hunt for a second job continues.  I actually got a second job back in January, but in order to take it, I had to leave the daycare because the hours I was promised at the new job conflicted with the hours at the daycare.  Since the new job would be giving me more hours, I made what I thought was the right decision, and started there.  Over a month later, I've pretty much only been getting weekends.  Honestly it's disappointing because if I had known that was what it was going to be, I would have been able to do both... but that's not the way it worked out.  I haven't yet been late on a student loan payment, but with what I'm working, I'm not making any money to save .  I can make my loan payments, but absolutely nothing else.  I can't...