Job Hunt, Mom Style

Okay, we have all looked for jobs, but looking for a job as a Mom is different. You either have to find a job the will pay enough to not only pay for daycare but to be worth your time { I personally do not want to put my son in daycare, so this was not an option}, or you can find a job where you can bring your child along {few and far between} My obvious mission has been to find a nanny job. I had a great job, but they so rudely decided to put there kids in daycare instead of paying me. Since I lost my job I have found it very hard to find families who are open to me bringing my son to work with me. Sure I've had an offer here and there, but there is no way I will work for next to nothing just because my son is with me. As I send out application after application I start to wonder why I am even wasting my time. Then it happened, two hours after applying for a job I actually got a response, now I did not get my hopes up, many of my responses simply say "thank you for your response but at this time we are looking for a caregiver who will not bring there children to work with them"  But this time was a pleasant surprise, someone actually loved my profile {did they somehow miss the part about having a 20 month old?} And, they wanted to talk on the phone later that night. I was very excited, even though part of me is not looking forward to working all week, the other part of me likes money {weird, I know} I have a long and what I thought to be a good conversation with the Mother, and she tells me she will talk things over with her husband and they will call me the next morning if they would like to set up a time to meet in person. The next morning I was very anxious to see if I got my phone call {silly because I don't even 100 percent know if I want this job} Well, I got my phone call and set up an interview for...TONIGHT. My interview is now in 3 hours and I am not too nervous. I figure if this job is meant to be then I will get it, and if I don't then there is something better out there for Max and I. I am only worried that my little crazy man will break something in their house, they have a 5 month old, so they have not yet baby proofed. I am sure they will get some tips tonight from Max on what needs to be put away or locked :) I will just be happy to be at the end of this process, if I get the job, great lets start work, if not, I will get back to my routine of sending in applications every morning. Now I have to relax and get dinner ready so we can eat before we go, hopefully the hubby will be home in time for our early dinner. Part of me thinks it is about time for things to go my way, I haven't had the best of luck lately so maybe I will get a job, and then get the house I want too. Maybe that is asking for too much, but it is all possible so we'll see what happens. Now it is time to play with cement mixers while trying to get dinner in the oven, and before I know it time will answer everything.

Kelly Callahan