I am working two jobs, 65 hours a week, 4 days a week I do 13 hour days, one day a week I do an 8 hour day, another day I only do 5 hours, and one glorious day a week I have off from both. I also do volunteer work as a mentor with BBBS (which I couldn't drop if I wanted to, I signed a one year agreement with them, but I don't want to drop that), and my mother is expecting me to pick up a spot in a community band that would be on my one day off (which I kind of want to do, I just don't know if I have the time).
Now, my husband works 44 hours a week, our godson who lives with us will be working 44 hours a week once his job starts (will be working with my husband) as well as going to school a few nights a week, and our roommate works 40 hours. Despite no one coming within 20 hours of my workload, I'm the one expected to do most of the cleaning because I'm the only one who has enough time to do it. So, on the day that I only work 5 hours, I spend at least 8 hours cleaning the house, might as well say I am working 13 hour days 5 days a week.
When I first took on my second job, it was because I wanted to pay off my student loan, my car loan, and start to save up for a down payment on a house (or earnest money for a lease to own if we converted our lease to a lease to own)... what it has covered so far? It has covered the shortfalls because my husband keeps calling out sick from work (to the tune of $120 a day in lost wages, the joys of working two ten hour shifts and two 12 hour shifts), as well as a spiraling credit card bill because neither of us knows how to stop fucking spending money. But, at least I'm trying. I've lost track of how many times I've gotten home and heard "I didn't know what to cook for dinner, how bout we just go out to eat." I've lost track of how often I've heard "it's not my fault that the credit card isn't getting paid down, I use cash" (umm, did you not think that cash you are spending could have been used to pay down the credit card... did it cross your mind rather than spending $7-$8 to buy lunch at work, you could pack a lunch for less than half that cost?).
So, my second job that was supposed to get us ahead is instead being used to slow how quickly we fall behind. I don't know how much longer I can work as hard as I am just to slow our descent.
Now, my husband works 44 hours a week, our godson who lives with us will be working 44 hours a week once his job starts (will be working with my husband) as well as going to school a few nights a week, and our roommate works 40 hours. Despite no one coming within 20 hours of my workload, I'm the one expected to do most of the cleaning because I'm the only one who has enough time to do it. So, on the day that I only work 5 hours, I spend at least 8 hours cleaning the house, might as well say I am working 13 hour days 5 days a week.
When I first took on my second job, it was because I wanted to pay off my student loan, my car loan, and start to save up for a down payment on a house (or earnest money for a lease to own if we converted our lease to a lease to own)... what it has covered so far? It has covered the shortfalls because my husband keeps calling out sick from work (to the tune of $120 a day in lost wages, the joys of working two ten hour shifts and two 12 hour shifts), as well as a spiraling credit card bill because neither of us knows how to stop fucking spending money. But, at least I'm trying. I've lost track of how many times I've gotten home and heard "I didn't know what to cook for dinner, how bout we just go out to eat." I've lost track of how often I've heard "it's not my fault that the credit card isn't getting paid down, I use cash" (umm, did you not think that cash you are spending could have been used to pay down the credit card... did it cross your mind rather than spending $7-$8 to buy lunch at work, you could pack a lunch for less than half that cost?).
So, my second job that was supposed to get us ahead is instead being used to slow how quickly we fall behind. I don't know how much longer I can work as hard as I am just to slow our descent.
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