OK so I have recovered from the idea of getting the rental property back. Mentally I had to present my proposal and hear "No" to get me over it.
Financially- we don't have enough money to buy another rental property. Even if FIL paid me today- we don't have enough money to buy a rental. The working properties are priced at $150k and above. Anything priced below that needs renovations and it would make us liable for repairs that we might not be able to pay for. That's why I was so fixed on getting that particular property back. So without the income stream that a rental would provide I am turning my energy elsewhere.
Moving on....
I plan to apply for jobs today. I know it is unlikely to hear anything over the holidays but at least my resume will be in the system when people return from their vacations.
There is a job as a Proofreader at an advertising company about an hour away. Grammar and spelling are not my greatest skills but if I am getting paid to pay attention then I will focus on my weaknesses and the work/practice will get me the expertize. -That was a run on sentence...wasn't it?
But I worry the HR dept will somehow 'KNOW' that I am not super qualified. I'm an "Underpromise/Overdeliver" type of girl. I've never applied for a job where I didn't think I could nail the workload quickly.
But I have often seen people less qualified and less capable then myself getting jobs above me. I figure the job requirements might be more like guidelines, and maybe HR is not expecting applicants who can meet every requirement. So I have decided to apply for a 'reach' job.
And of course I am applying for basic administration jobs too.
So that's what is going on here. Me (My? I think it is My working.) working and disabled husband staying home with the baby...sigh. Not the best arrangement. He loves her to pieces and is a better mother then I am. But since I am breastfeeding..well whenever I leave the house he is always calling me to cut my errands short to come home because the baby is screaming and he is out of milk. But we are new parents and we will get the hang of it. Millions do it everyday, we can as well.
Applying for jobs
December 14th, 2013 at 01:30 pm
December 14th, 2013 at 04:22 pm 1387038167
"But I have often seen people less qualified and less capable thsn myself getting jobs above me."....I bet we all have been totally baffled at that once or twice.
December 15th, 2013 at 03:29 am 1387078177
December 15th, 2013 at 02:19 pm 1387117181
When I pumped I just took breaks two times a day to pump and went home at noon to feed baby every day. It's probably easier when you can get a real feed and like Joan mentions maybe spouse can bring baby to you. I never tried 100% pumping - many women do it. I think breastfeeding was easier with the support of my spouse at home - I don't think I could have breastfed as long or as seriously otherwise.
One other thing - my eldest rarely ever ate anything at all while I Was at work. They adjust. I nursed him in the a.m., dh fed him mid-morning, I nursed him at noon, and he slept until 5:00 every night, when I got home. & then he ate from like 5pm to 10pm straight. That was just the rhythym he settled on when I went back to work. I remember just thinking "WTF!?!" about the mommy wars. I couldn't even muster any mommy guilt about missing 4 waking hours a day, if he just slept the entire afternoon (in his own crib, in his own home).