https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 04:22:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507980 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:47:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 507980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: bahahah omg you are too sweet. I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507978 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:46:24 +0000 Cherrybee 507978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Ooooh! Both really exciting options!! I don't know how you'll choose!!!</p> <p>@Boogs: Now that IS a good idea! Mrs Pen is too fabulous to settle - she should have everything she could ever dream of!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507971 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:44:25 +0000 Mrs. Pen 507971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: oh gosh... like nursing school isn't intense enough without the added pressure of a double major hahaha! I just don't think that's a feasible options. I'm sure y grades would suffer trying to focus on two things... and nursing school is SO hard as it is.</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: yeah... I've been doing some GD stuff anyway for my etsy shop, so I'm kind of working from home. but without the ability to have designated hours it's hard to stay motivated.</p> <p>@stargal: unfortunately no - hubby is a math professor at a local business college. His hours are set and he often works nights and days (10-14 hours days 4x a week) so that eliminates even the option for me to take night classes. My mom's health is so up/down that she couldn't be a reliable babysitter and my sister already works two nanny jobs. I think though that if I get into school I might apply for daycare assistance through the state... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507923 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:28:31 +0000 Boogs 507923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Why can't you do both? :) They are both careers you can do part time and the graphic design would have more flexible hours. Lots of people have double majors! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507906 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:22:37 +0000 Springtime 507906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the opposite, I work full time but am itching to be a SAHM! I might add my job is not my career and it does not fulfill me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507905 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:22:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 507905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: It seems like graphic design would have much more flexible hours, but I'm pretty sure you've already thought of that! It would be appealing to me because you'd have the option of working from home, but of course, that defeats the purpose of getting out and interacting with adults!</p> <p>I'm a little bit the opposite of you-- I've been working for almost 10 years, and I'm getting so sick of my current job (as evidenced by the amount of time I'm on Hellobee during the day...) I'll be a SAHM for a few years come this summer, but then I want to go into a new career and I'll be in the same boat, trying to figure out what that is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507900 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:21:55 +0000 stargal 507900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: icic. Maybe try to make a pro/ con list to decide. On a major....could family member or is your hubbya schedule flexiable where he could watch c for you while your at class? Also some schools have free or reduced childcare options, something to look into. Online classes r convenient but might make you feel less then fur filled since you will still be at home lacking social interaction.... def do something for yourself though you deserve it! And going back to school with help C too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507895 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:20:29 +0000 MrsBrewer 507895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Both of those sound awesome! Both would be very rewarding too! What is your Associates Degree in? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507875 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:16:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 507875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Nursing (working in L&amp;D or a birth center) or Graphic design. Polar opposites but both passions of mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507866 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:13:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 507866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: yup! all gen ed classes are completed with my AA. the point was to finish that so I could then focus on just my major when I go back. Problem is I have no idea which major I want - and they couldn't be more different.</p> <p>When I start school I'll probably do it all online because otherwise I don't know what I'd do for childcare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507863 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:12:32 +0000 Cherrybee 507863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh, what programs are you torn between? Going back to school will be so exciting!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507852 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:06:12 +0000 stargal 507852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try to def get back into school so that you can get a job you want. Could you maybe take some core classes like general end requirements before you choose a major or did you already complete them with your associates degree? I'm back at school working on my ba degree part-time and I'm hoping the adult interaction will be a nice break. And since I'm par time I am also able to still primarily be a sahm, would that be an option for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-am-aching-to-get-a-job#post-507842 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:00:24 +0000 Mrs. Pen 507842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been without a job for two years coming up on May... I was home my entire pregnancy and Cobi's first year. He will be one year in 5 weeks.</p> <p>(well technically I was a very PT nanny for the last two years, lost my job in Oct.. so I was working... but it didn't feel like work especially since I brought my baby with...)</p> <p>I only have an associates degree and am unqualified to do something that makes enough to cover childcare costs. The only work I could do at the moment is either get another nanny job which is SO not what I want to do, or get a weekend job in retail or food service... again... not ideal. I would NEVER see my husband or get time together just the three of us. :-P </p> <p>But I spend pretty much 24/7 at home and I feel so unfulfilled. I would like to get out more. Meet people, DO something. </p> <p>I need to get my butt into gear and apply to school again and work toward getting a BA or BS. I'm going between two programs though - not sure what I want to do. </p> <p>Oh - and I know I can't even just go apply for jobs and see what happens because I agreed to do daycare for a friend for the summer while she waits for an opening at her daycare... </p> <p>Any other SAHM's itching to get a job? </p>