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YanyLaurel

572d

rant - today needs a reboot ever since this late morning. The job for nannying that I got, was supposed to start today, and my GPS went out on the way there. It was for this lady who has a ten-week-premature baby and she wanted to visit him and she needs me to watch her 2 year old while she goes to the NICU to visit the baby boy. But my GPS went out, and I didn't leave the house in enough time for something like that, and she lives in Mapleton. So I tried finding it without my gps, and accidentally found a similar address in a neighboring town, and I thought I was there, and waited at the door, and I called her and she was understandably frustrated. So, she doesn't get to see her boy today because she didn't leave in time to visit him, and she said let's just forget about today. Aside from getting some time away from my son so he can become less dependent on me, I was excited to have a job because then we would finally have some money, because we literally have none (actually -$150 in our bank) in order to get the prints that we needed for Ethan's bridal fair booth, we needed to take all of the bills out of our jar of change and use them. That jar of change was supposed to go toward a cruise and we've been saving for 5 years just to use in one day on Prints for Ethan's business. I obviously want his business to work out, and we haven't gotten any bites yet except for one wedding next summer. And it would be one thing if this job was only like $10 an hour or something like that but it's $25 an hour, so I'm worried that she will just find someone else before monday. I want her to know how good I am as a nanny and so I was wanting to get references, but I just don't know if she'll trust me now anyway. I was so nervous and frazzled after that, at the Smiths I walked around for about an hour and a half and drank a whole energy drink that I found in our car, I don't usually drink a whole can, and spent a while driving around before I came home. In order to fill up with enough gas to get home, I had to use the last $2 of quarters that I found in the car. My in-laws have helped us out so much already, they don't have any money on their debit cards anymore.

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    • royalty

      568d

      I 100% understand what you're going through with the money portion. My husband and I were living paycheck to paycheck, then his boss told him his hours were getting cut so he quit his job. Now we're digging around trying to sell a bunch of stuff so we can still have some money to still feed ourselves and our pets but it's been tough. We've been surviving on coins and cash for the past month. I started my own small business on Etsy to try and speed things up and we're working towards getting a bigger van or RV so we can live on the road. I'm glad we aren't the only ones struggling with money right now. It's crazy because when my husband was only getting paid $400 biweekly we still had money left over even after bills and groceries when we still lived with his grandma, but then when he was getting $600 biweekly with just us living alone with our pets we barely scrape by just getting ramen and fast food and bread and milk.

    • royalty

      568d

      I 100% understand what you're going through with the money portion. My husband and I were living paycheck to paycheck, then his boss told him his hours were getting cut so he quit his job. Now we're digging around trying to sell a bunch of stuff so we can still have some money to still feed ourselves and our pets but it's been tough. We've been surviving on coins and cash for the past month. I started my own small business on Etsy to try and speed things up and we're working towards getting a bigger van or RV so we can live on the road. I'm glad we aren't the only ones struggling with money right now. It's crazy because when my husband was only getting paid $400 biweekly we still had money left over even after bills and groceries when we still lived with his grandma, but then when he was getting $600 biweekly with just us living alone with our pets we barely scrape by just getting ramen and fast food and bread and milk.

    • Sunshineseeker90

      569d

      Do you use your GPS on your cell phone?

    • Sunshineseeker90

      569d

      I am so sorry. That sounds like a SUCKY day. šŸ˜„ On top of everything that has to be stressful for you. How do you advertise your nanny services? Is it through a website like care.com? Is it hard to find nanny work?

    • SilentShadow

      571d

      You are right; it sucks! It does feel a little better knowing we are not alone in this battle. I don't understand why it has to be so hard. There should be a easy way to dig out of this hole, but I haven't found it. I had to borrow gas money from my dad. It's embarrassing!

      • YanyLaurel

        569d

        @SilentShadow I had to borrow $360 from my dad! šŸ˜„

        • YanyLaurel

          569d

          @YanyLaurel Just yesterday..! Haha

    • SilentShadow

      572d

      When I read your post, I could hardly believe how similar it was to our story! We were exactly the same amount negative in our account. We used all of the change in our change jar! We lastly used rolls of quarters to put gas in the car. This is so similar that I just had to reply to you. I have been unemployed for quite some time now. I look at job boards every day. Do you think there are others in the same conditions as us?

      • YanyLaurel

        571d

        @SilentShadow It helps to hear that you understand how it feels! Thank you so much for commenting. I feel less alone. It sucks!

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