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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a married mom with kids ages 5 and 7.

My youngest started Kindergarten this year.  i currently work a very part-time job, around 5 hours a week, in my field.  I'd like to find something more substantial and have been job searching for 4 months now, but haven't found anything.

DH works a very high-powered job and financially we don't need my salary.  Due to his work hours, he cannot do any drop-offs, pick-ups, sick days or snow days.  He also can't really cover any school vacations.  He gets 5 weeks vacation per year, all of which he takes.  He's been in the same job for 15 years and plans to keep the same job until retirement, so none of this will ever change.

We have no local family for backup and have never had any childcare help.  Working full-time is probably out of the question because I'd need to have before care, after care and figure out something for sick days and snow days, since DH can never cover these.

I'm looking for part-time in my field, but for every 30 full-time jobs there's one part-time job, and the part-time jobs pay around $15 per hour, which seems a bit low.  I'm currently making $70 per hour, which is unusual in my field.

What would you do?  My kids are now in full-time school and I'm finding my 5 hour per week job isn't enough anymore (though it's in my field).  I spent most days cleaning, grocery shopping, shopping and going out for lunch, and it feels a bit like my days are lacking in purpose.[/quote]

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