Coming along

Wow so we are half way through the month of June, a month in to my new college degree holding life and well to be honest the only difference in life these days is that I worry more about money than I did while I was a poor, struggling college student raising a teenage daughter by myself!!

It just figures that I would choose a time in history to graduate from college that is the worst job market in 60 years. They tell us that there are jobs out there for college graduates just fewer than there were when less people had degrees. I am working on my third year at my current job and my 19-year-old daughter, who by the way has only a high school education and is not in college, is making just 12 cents less an hour than I do and she lives in a state without income tax. So she essentially is making more money than me and I am more than $40,000 in debt for an education that very likely is not going to serve me anytime soon.

The thing is it's not like I got a bullshit degree like philosophy or art (not that there is anything wrong with either) I got a degree in communications and have worked at a newspaper for almost 3 years. It is a marketable degree with a lot of potential in the right environment. I am very disappointed in the aspects and I feel very doomy (I know that's not a real word).

On the other hand I am working through my list and am on track for getting all the things done that I was hoping to get done. I am reading a book that I choose to read. My garden is growing and providing me with a much needed distraction from this gloom. I have much of my office/craft room pretty much organized and can start working on some projects in there. I am meeting with my CC today to talk about the book we are co-authoring about my life. I am working on consolidating my student loans and well life is in many aspects falling right into place.

Check back for the continuation of my summer. As always thanks for stopping by.