I have decided to tell what I do for rent and food and paying off the credit cards. I work in a library, on-call, 40 hours a week, hoping to become a real employee eventually.
I also work part-time, just a few hours a month at an animal hospital. I have been there off and on, full-time or part-time, for seven years or so.
Occasionally, I clean a house, by request.
I have decided to tell so that I can open up more of the world, so I don't have to be so vague.
Tonight I haven't got the juice... I am not bursting with things to say.
Check ya' later.
2 comments:
A Library ???? WTF ??? I was so sure it was Home Depot Lumber Dept. !
NJLB
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Bear... what made you think I work at Home Depot? LOL
OK... I went with a woman who worked at the Depot... she was in management, though. But she had a whole room full of power tools... the real ones. Electric drills, hedge clippers, the works.
And I have a friend who does maintenance/repairs for a living. I used to have a hardware freak on. But I think I have almost every humble hand tool that I need. I have a toolbox for bicycle repair, one for general home care, one for the overflow of non-tool supplies and in my car is a backpack of car things.
When you know how to do things for yourself, repairs are not so mystical. Some how women have been snowed into thinking it takes a man every time. All you have to do is READ.
I still haven't changed my own oil, but changing the air filter, bulbs, adding fluid, new windshield wipers, checking and adjusting tire pressure... these things are simple and cheaper when you do it yourself.
I am sure that with knowledge and the right equipment, there's a whole lot more I could be doing. A good start is to read a book about how a car works. Try looking up Lucille Treganowan. Her book "Lucille's Car Care" gave me my first spark of car care courage. And teenage girls ought to take Auto Shop along with Home Ec, and Wood Shop, too. I didn't. I have lacked much in my education.
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