By the way, I am still sick. Not as bad as yesterday, but enough to be unworried when I didn't get a substitute assignment today. I am teaching kindergarten tomorrow, and will definately need as much health asI can get to deal with that. I am spending today scanning the want ad and sending out resumes for a more permanent job.
I hopeI can get one with decent pay. I did some budget calculations, and with my current expenses, I can't afford to get my own apartment and still buy food for anything under $15 an hour. The sad thing is that I don't live an extravagant lifestyle. I hardly ever eat out, I grocery shop with coupons and buy generic, I buy my clothes second hand or on clearance, and I don't travel. I have a cell phone with the minimum rate plan, but that is because I drive a car that is constantly on the verge of breaking down. (It also helps me to be able to call in and get sub assignments.) I guess my computer is a luxury, but I use it for job hunting and for practicing the computer graphics skills that might help me land a job. I have some credit card debt, but it is for mostly dental work and necessary car repairs. I budget and balance my checkbook regularly. I am one of the most fiscally responsible people I know, and yet I barely scrape by.
I am starting to think that the only thing to do is sell off most of what I own and either go to Korea or join a local co-op.
