This economy has been

youngmomofone wrote: harder on us than I ever thought to imagine. Ive been trying to get a job for three months now, and now that it's getting too late, it makes me more sad than ever. Dh has a job working for my dad making 8/hr. They work about 25 hours a week since my dad doesn't believe in working full days anymore. We've been using unemployment to make up for the rest of the costs, but that has run out so now we are in frantic search for better employment. DH has been looking for a couple weeks now since things were getting tense between my parents and I, but hasn't found anything yet.

We have the rest of this month to find work or we will lose our house since we were short on rent this month. Thankfully it's only a rent house so that we don't have to worry about our credit getting even more damage than what it has been already.

I'm in college right now so that I can make our lives better in the future, but I still have a year and a half of school to go, so it makes me feel bad that I waited so long (7 yrs) to go back to school .

Dh has drill next weekend, and he told me that if he doesn't have a job lead by then, he will ask to deploy with his unit that just left for Iraq. When he got released from active duty they gave him a paper saying that he cannot be forced to go, but he can still volunteer. I really don't want him to do that, so if you can send us getting hired vibes it will be much appreciated.

PrairieMom replied: that sucks so bad. I hope you guys can get things figured out in a way that allows him to be home with you guys.
Have you looked into maybe doing a day home or something? maybe just one or 2 kids that would bring in some $ and allow you to be home with your own kids?

amymom replied: I am sorry things are bad for you right now. If it helps, I just said a quick prayer for you guys. Good luck.

bluebear replied: I'm really sorry, I know what it feels like to be unemployed. I haven't had a job in a year and a half. What PrairieMom said is a very good idea.

mckayleesmom replied: Can your husband switch back to active Duty? Alot of people do and it sounds like it would help you out alot. You guys wouldn't have to worry about insurance, you would get housing paid for and right now they are helping spouses go back to school too.

my2monkeyboys replied: I'm so sorry to hear this... we are going through a similar situation here now, so I do know how you're feeling.
You're family will be in my prayers.

MommyToAshley replied: I'm so sorry, that just sucks. Prayers said. I hope you and your DH find jobs that work out for you and your family.

mom21kid2dogs replied: Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

boyohboyohboy replied: I am sorry to hear things are so hard right now. It took dh 10 months to find work but when he did it was a much better job and things started to work out..hang in there and just do what ever you have to do for now.
can your dh work maybe two part time jobs for now?
I know finding work is hard, but we also had better luck finding ads on line and radio then the paper.

coasterqueen replied: I'm sorry things are hard right now. P&pt's. My mom has been in the same boat. It gets even harder to find something as you get older.

youngmomofone replied:
No, he cant, at least not now. He got out because he was flagged, so his re-entry code is a 3 .

Thanks for the support everyone! I got a job interview for tomorrow...I really can't believe it!

bluebear replied: I wish you the BEST of luck tomorrow!