Wanting to Work Again

Yesterday after I dropped off our DD1 to her school my friend and I went to a friend that has been sick. This friend of our worked as a nursing assistant. Because she got sick for more than a week, she wasn't able to work for the duration as well. She is getting better though and that is a good thing.

While at her place we were talking about jobs. I have been a stay at home Mom for quite sometime now although I had a holiday or seasonal job last year but it was only for a couple of months. I really miss working and asked her if they have hiring in her workplace. She said they actually do. Then it donned on me that I really miss wearing scrubs uniforms. I worked at a nursing home before and I still have my scrubs here. She told me that if I want to I can do a retraining and even get a license and work as a certified nursing assistant.

This will be my plan option if I wanted to look for a job before I finish my schooling. I am still in school right now and hopefully be finished in January. If I really need to get a job to help out my family then being a nursing assistant is one of my option and I can wear my scrubs uniforms again.

To Get or Not to Get

Okay, we are now in a dilemma if it is wise to just go ahead and trade our truck or not. I mentioned in one of my previous posts before that my husband is tuning up his truck and change parts of the truck that needs to be changed. We both know though that if we are going to work on it, we make sure that our expense should not go over to half of its blue book value. He finished fixing the truck already but along the way he noticed some parts that are also worn out and needs to be changed. I asked him how much it will cost us if we do it. He answered maybe almost to our limit. I think it will be a money pit if we are not going to trade it in.

It is fully paid and thinking of paying for another vehicle again is bothering me. We now have a mortgage to pay and I don't want another additional monthly payment to our bills. It is really a dilemma. We wanted to paid off all our debts, commercial and education that is.

I am trying to budget that come next year we will only have our mortgage and our utilities to pay. But looks like the inevitable will come that we have to get another vehicle. I told him if we need to then we go for it. For the time being we need to make a plan to make additional income so we will not hurt our finances once we get another vehicle. If we can wait until next year then it is good. I hope the truck will not stall though. Crossing-fingers.

Side Job or Hobby

I was reading a blog online about some new hobbies that can become a side job as well. It is about digging for precious metals using treasure metal detectors. There are people that make this as their hobby. They go to the beaches or other public areas that this kind of activity is allowed. Accordingly they get ample of amount of metals and some even got some gold jewelries especially along the beaches.

To some, it is only a hobby, but there are also those that made it as part of their income source. The only downside is if you can't get anything with it. But if you enjoy it, I think you can definitely do it without any apprehensions of losing.