A Little About Myself....

I am 45 years old and jobless. Well, not entirely jobless - I recently started selling Avon. I have worked in retail, food service, education, landscaping, music....the list goes on. My most recent job -- a job I loved -- as a paraprofessional in an elementary school was taken out from under me a few weeks ago due to a shifting in special needs population in my school. I was devistated, crying for 4 days. I loved that job and the peoople I worked with -- kids and adults. Most of the friends I had there I will likely not see again, that's often the way it goes with workplace relationships. Anyway, I applied for unemployment, WIC and foodstamps. I got the idea to sell Avon while looking around on the web. Instead of a prescribed schedule my days are full of many different activites. I case the neighborhood looking for new Avon customers. I take surveys online to pick up extra change. I take care of my 3 year old daughter. In some ways I like it better and so far, we are getting by. But when unemployment runs out things will get interesting. I hope that I'll find some kind of job before then. So that is who I am, and this blog reflects my interest in all things related to unemployment, the dissapearring middle class, and how to get by on less. I hope you enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy writing it.