July 24, 2002

BAD NEWS: I have no babysitter.

My sister-in-law, Lisa, was arrested yesterday by my mother-in-law. Its a long story. She is 14, and not doing too good. She stole a lot of money and ran away from home, so she went to juvenile hall. Then my father-in-law got custody of her. She had been doing good. He took her to my mother-in-law's so that she could go to the dentist. She went out instead, and didn't go, and my mother-in-law called the police. *GRR* Lisa is now in juvenile hall again and she was my last hope for a babysitter. I can't afford daycare. Some of those people make more than I do. Some want 20 dollars a day. That would make me earn less than minimum wage, and my husband and I would be in a worse situation than we were before. So I am calling the employment agency today and telling them I have to quit at the law firm, and if they can find me something starting at 1 pm (13:00) because then my husband would be home from work, ad I could go knowing that he was taking care of the children. Its my only choice. I wont see him as much as I do now, and that wasn't a whole lot anyway.

I am going to miss the people at the firm so much. They had become my first friends. I had to change a bit, and become more socialable, but I had grown to enjoy talking to these people. Sharing jokes, and eating lunch. Now I have to go and find a new job, therebye erasing three months of hard work, and make new friends. Making friends is very hard for me.

One good thing comes my way, and ten bad follow it Story of my life.