Every year my husband gets four weeks of vacation. But… one of those weeks, he has to take between January and March. So yeah, not much of a vacation. He has chosen to take next week off. So next week I will have my biggest child home for the week. Since we can’t do anything or go anywhere (the kids are still in school) I have some plans for him to get some work done around the house. I’m going to get him to finally put up the wood blinds that we purchased before Christmas and I’m also going to get him to help me move back into my home office. Oh don’t worry, I’ll let him have some time to himself. After all, it is his vacation time. lol

I have so much to do today that it’s really not funny. Not only do I have my usually Monday morning cleaning of the entire house, but I just received a job from one of my online companies to write ten articles on the best acne treatment on the market today. I really don’t know where I’m going to find the time to do all this. I actually don’t think I will be able to get it all done today. Oh well, what doesn’t get done today will still be waiting for me tomorrow.

Well I’m going to try once again to find extra income working from home so I can replace my current income that I earn working outside the home. Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love my job, but I have to think about what summer will bring. We do a lot of camping during the summer, and since I work every weekend, this really isn’t going to work out. So I’ve been checking out some medical coding training courses and looking at different companies that are looking for content writers. I want to get this thing moving as quickly as I can so by the time summer arrives I will have everything all set up. I’ll keep you all posted.

First of all, before you think I’m complaining, really I’m not. I do really love my job but…. I don’t enjoy it very much when it gets so crazy on my shift that you can’t even think. Well, that’s what’s been happening lately. Right now I work at a busy family restaurant as a waitress and most days I absolutely love it. But after last night, I’m really considering switching over to a call center job or something similar at least until the busy season slows down. We were so busy and crazy last night I really didn’t know if I was coming or going. But after next week it will slow down back to normal, so I think I can stick it out for that long.

Every now and again my husband has to go out of town for his work. And every time he goes, the kids get really upset. Well, you guessed it! He’s off and running again. He did inform the kids last night of his plans and neither one is very impressed. But, what can he do? So for the next couple of weeks we will be busy trying to get him ready to go away for a week. Because he is going to be out of the province for a week, I am insisting that he purchase medical travel insurance. He thinks it’s a big waste of time and money, but hey, you can never be too careful right?! And that gives us two weeks to get the kids used to the idea of him being away from home. I don’t like it when he goes out of town, but if he wants to keep his job, this is what he has to do.

Since the children will be home for about two months after tomorrow, I have changed my focus on what type of work I will be doing from home. I have decided that this summer will be the perfect time to try to get my home crafting business off the ground once again. So I really need to rearrange the home office once again. I need to get out my sewing machine, my craft table and my cash drawer. Since it will be easier to create crafts than work on the computer with two little people underfoot, I have decided to switch tasks for a little while. Now all I have to do is get my room rearranged and I can start creating crafts once again.

Last night was my first evening shift in the dining room at my work in over two years. And all I can say is that I was not highly impressed with the experience. The restaurant was packed and the food coming out of the kitchen was so slow, that we had a lot of cranky customer. The kitchen staff didn’t seem to want to work last night and this was holding up all our orders. Honestly, I don’t know if I would be able to stand another shift like this again. I really have to wonder if eight hours a week is worth all this aggravation.

Man I feel like a kid in high school once again.

As most of you know, I have decided to try my hand at doing some general transcription work from home. Well, I finally bit the bullet and decided to apply at a couple of companies that will hire inexperienced transcriptionists. Well I heard back from one and am now on their waiting list until they need more staff. And I also applied at another company and got the e-mail that they want me to test for them. This is why I feel like a high school kid once again. I have to take a test.

I’m going to take this test tomorrow. Hopefully I do well and this company hires me. I’ll be sure to let you all know the outcome of this particular test.

Well the handwriting is on the wall. In a month’s time I will be unemployed once again. My husband’s shifts are changing at his work so it will be impossible for me to work as I still haven’t found a reliable sitter. Even if I could find one, it really wouldn’t pay me to continue to work and pay one when all I make is minimum wage.

So it’s time once again for me to concentrate on finding something else that I could do to earn a little extra income. I have looked into administrative careers, but I would either need to go back to school to do this (money) or I would need to find a sitter so I could work during the day. But, I’m not worried. We survived on just his paycheck before so I’m sure we can do it again. I just wish things hadn’t worked out this way as I really do love my job.

For the past week I have been totally engrossed in a transcription contract and have gotten very little else done around here. The housework is so far behind, that I don’t even know where to start. But I am now finished with the contract the rest of the work should get completed here pretty shortly. For the rest of the day I plan on finishing all the housework and then tomorrow I’ll have to run to the bank and the grocery store. Then on Thursday I plan on looking for another transcription contract. I probably won’t agree to doing one quite so big next time. Baby steps.