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I've been an Administrative Assistant for the last two years, and teaching religious school for the last four. In December I told my teaching boss that I would not be returning in the Fall. Working six days a week was really starting to burn me out and my teaching partner, for all that she is sweet, is frustrating as hell to work with.

If it were just leaving the one job I would be fine. But in February I found out that my position would have to be cut to part time from full time. I can't afford that right now. I have until June 30th to find a new job and I am not having any luck. I barely know where to start.

I don't know what to do with my life right now. It seemed like I was going to be staying for the long run and now I have to find other work. And the sad thing is it's not like they actually want me to go, but with the economy like it is they have to keep cutting back on the budget and unfortunately cutting my hours (when I'm already underpaid) is a really good way that they can keep afloat. So now I'm getting a ton of people coming up to me and asking if it's true that I'm leaving and saying how sad it is to see me go and how they'll miss me, asking what I'm going to do instead...

Nice to know they care, but still frustrating to explain over and over again when they don't try to understand that their cutting back on what they pay in dues cuts into what services we can offer (like a full time administrative assistant/receptionist/secretary/organizer/gopher/whathaveyou).

At this rate, I'm never going to be able to afford to get married and have a life.

Derek has been awesome and very supportive with everything. I don't think I'd be able to deal with even half of the crap that has been going on lately if it weren't for him. As lame as it sounds, he really is my rock.

Maybe marriage won't be too impossible.