Sorry if this posts twice. I know I just wrote about it, but maybe I posted under the wrong thread or forum as I don't see it.

Yesterday evening, BIL's aunt who works for my husband's school district in a high position said possibly she could offer me a custodial job. I'm not sure of the hours or locations (it's a large district). I think the evening jobs pay more, but it might put a lot of strain on my husband and will change things for my daughter in that she won't have so much help on homework, and my husband might have to cook dinner too. I was given a number to call, a person to ask for, probably will be offered an interview today. I was told I even could be offered the job today. If I take it, it is possible we could just barely squeeze by. It is not a lucrative job and pays by the hour, but it is 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, no benefits of course and probably would allow me to keep things like pdoc appointments without needing to take time off if in the evening. And unlike jobs such as fast food, restaurants, stores, the hours wouldn't be bouncing all over the place; I'd always be scheduled to work at the same time. If I am offered a day job, depending on the hours, it might just work though with less pay.

I am going to at least do the interview today and see what can be offered. Then, hubby and I will have to talk it over, and likely I will have to call the school to put my daughter on bus transportation.

I am feeling unsure though because I have tried 3 times to hold down a job and couldn't. Though maybe despite all my education (I've got an M.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology), this might be better and lower stress, not having the possibility to mess up giant and costly experiments because I can't take care of the mice or sex the babies correctly & get the PCR gels to run correctly (my last job). The job before that was trying to teach while going to school to get a teaching certificate (the district offers a program where you can teach while doing the program), but I was so stressed by 3 days into the school year, I had to quit. The last thing was having to switch from going for a Ph.D. to an M.S. so stopping the teaching assistant/research assistant job earlier than planned. It paid peanuts, but still.

I am anxious and not sure what to do. And if I get this job, would I be able to keep it? There is a possibility my husband could get his dream job teaching at a university in the spring semester or maybe next fall (the job he was told would be his & then never was because of things going on in the department in the university where he would have taught), so this job might not need to be for the long term.