My brain is leaking....
Apr. 30th, 2015 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danajeanne
Sooooo.
...and they all terrify me. Currently I'm serving with AmeriCorps as a Volunteer Recruiter at a whopping $1200 a month. This ends on June 19th. Just yesterday I received a job offer from Devereau for a part-time position as a personal care attendant. It would be on weekends and mondays for $10 per hour (probably about $700 a month-ish).
Now. I was originally going to apply for my boss' position - which is a real job as opposed to serving with AC which is not a job, its service - however we just found out that funding was cancelled and if they can't find more, the job won't be here. The AmeriCorps positions will be here, just not the boss and the real job...
Two years ago I served with AmeriCorps as a Literacy Tutor in an elementary school (loved it), but it was only part-time, hence my change to this full-time Volunter Manager position.
My choices:
A) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year and continue to serve as a Volunteer Manager (we get a raise for next year: $1400 per month, LOL). Pros: it's the town I live in. Cons: I very much dislike the woman who runs our site at the Boys & Girls Club and don't think I can continue here without ripping her head off.
B) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year as a Literacy Tutor (Full time $1400). Pros: I love working with kids and reading. Cons: it's in the town next to mine, about 30 minutes away.
C) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year as a part-time Literacy Tutor ($800 per month). Cons: a lot less money, but I can survive on it and the part-time gig at Devereux, and its still 30 minutes from home.
D) Hope the Devereux job turns into full-time and that I actually LIKE working there.....
And hiding behind all these decisions is the fact that I also take care of my mom--she is okay at home alone, but she needs reminders to take her meds, make lunch, and she doesn't drive anywhere, which mean time off from a job 30 miles away to take her to appointments and such.
I'm too old for all this stress. And yes, I realize that there are gazillions of people out there who would LOVE to be worrying about what job to take....
Sigh.
...and they all terrify me. Currently I'm serving with AmeriCorps as a Volunteer Recruiter at a whopping $1200 a month. This ends on June 19th. Just yesterday I received a job offer from Devereau for a part-time position as a personal care attendant. It would be on weekends and mondays for $10 per hour (probably about $700 a month-ish).
Now. I was originally going to apply for my boss' position - which is a real job as opposed to serving with AC which is not a job, its service - however we just found out that funding was cancelled and if they can't find more, the job won't be here. The AmeriCorps positions will be here, just not the boss and the real job...
Two years ago I served with AmeriCorps as a Literacy Tutor in an elementary school (loved it), but it was only part-time, hence my change to this full-time Volunter Manager position.
My choices:
A) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year and continue to serve as a Volunteer Manager (we get a raise for next year: $1400 per month, LOL). Pros: it's the town I live in. Cons: I very much dislike the woman who runs our site at the Boys & Girls Club and don't think I can continue here without ripping her head off.
B) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year as a Literacy Tutor (Full time $1400). Pros: I love working with kids and reading. Cons: it's in the town next to mine, about 30 minutes away.
C) Re-up with AmeriCorps for one more year as a part-time Literacy Tutor ($800 per month). Cons: a lot less money, but I can survive on it and the part-time gig at Devereux, and its still 30 minutes from home.
D) Hope the Devereux job turns into full-time and that I actually LIKE working there.....
And hiding behind all these decisions is the fact that I also take care of my mom--she is okay at home alone, but she needs reminders to take her meds, make lunch, and she doesn't drive anywhere, which mean time off from a job 30 miles away to take her to appointments and such.
I'm too old for all this stress. And yes, I realize that there are gazillions of people out there who would LOVE to be worrying about what job to take....
Sigh.
