My Debt Blog

I know it’s been a bit since the last post, which I still haven’t taken much action on yet, we’re having a rough week. For this month we are fine and all the bills will get paid as usual. My wife has spent the past few months trying to find a full time teaching position. She has applied nearly everywhere within reasonable driving distance, even as far as 35 miles out. It’s frustrating when there are only a few interviews over that period of time.

Earlier this week she applied to a local middle school and missed the call, they left a voicemail though. The voicemail said that they would like to talk to her, so we were thinking she was being called to setup and interview. She calls back the next morning and as it turns out this position was filled last week and wasn’t available. He was willing to have her come in to talk to him though, we weren’t sure what would happen. I had a theory he might want to pull strings to move her into the position. As it turns out that school has no positions for her and it would have been better if the guy never called in the first place. I think it’s rude to call someone to call an applicant back to inform them a position no longer exists, and then insult them by saying they are a perfect fit for the position they don’t have anymore. She is emotionally drained right now from going through this, and I don’t know what to do.

In the time being I am trying to evaluate a way for us to get through the next month assuming she has no income. As sad as it may sound, it feels like deja vu from last year when she was a student teacher that didn’t get paid or even a stipend for her work. The last thing I want to do is resort to credit cards to get us through in the meantime. One of her student loans is only on economic hardship until September, so they will expect a payment come early October. She is going to need a job doing something to earn income, but right now she’s very depressed and I’m being as supportive as I can.

I am also starting to wonder if I should seriously consider a job that pays more to handle her student loan payments. We’re having a heck of a week already with the excitement on Monday completely gone Tuesday. That job would have paid her more than twice what she has made in the past, because the student loan payments will take one of her paychecks just like a mortgage. Schools start up next week and she is near out of time to get in somewhere.

Question for my readers: Have you gone through a period of unemployment, or spouse unemployment, and how did you get through it?

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