Feeling drained but happy

I had a very successful event Saturday which left me drained but happy. When I first thought of having a history day, I didn't realize how much work it would entail. I was also hoping for more people to step up and volunteer. No one did. I shouldn't have been surprised at it. I know I am not one to volunteer for anything. I have to be asked to do it. Yet I can be happy that I had the right people helping me. Lisa was amazing. Sometimes I wish I had her energy.

I also started what I'm calling a desperation job on Monday. All of us have them. Those are the jobs you take when there is nothing else out there that you feel you are qualified to do. I hate phone work, yet this is the very thing I'm doing. I need the money, even though it is about a dollar less than I was making at Kelly Services in 2003. I keep praying a job that will pay me what I need to make to support myself and my family will open up soon. I'd love to have an office job....9 to 5...Monday through Friday. People tell me that it's not possible anymore...that people are working all hours of the day and night.

I'm not feeling up to going back tomorrow. I know I must. My present situation is too precarious for me not to go in and earn that money.