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[quote=Anonymous]Alrighty, upthread meanies.  Let's actually try to HELP the OP, shall we?

Job ideas for OP:

After school sitter, especially if you can pick other people's kids up from school.  There are a zillion people looking for this in my neighborhood.  If the timing works out you could pick up your kids and other people's kid together so you aren't missing anything for your kids.

Morning nanny/in home care provider.  This will not work for a full time working mom, but many moms who are PT, work from home or just have older kids they are running here or there would love to find someone with whom they could feel comofrtable dropping off their child for a few hours.

Do you have any affiliation - church, kids' school, etc. - that could possibly be looking for a part-time office assistant?  Some churches even have daycare, so that might be an option.

Work you can do from home - temp office work, data entry, admin stuff, etc.  I would contact a temp agency and see what they recommend.

Dogwalking.  You would have to figure out what to do with your child, but we pay our dogwalker $18 to come for 20 minutes.  Every work day.  That's $90/week.

Tutoring.  Can you hold yourself out as a credible tutor in a particular subject area?

Check sittercity for babysitting/nanny opportunities.  Also check out the local neighborhood papers for Georgetown, Chevy Chase, MD and the Northwest Current to see whether people are looking for someone to do something you can do.  I live in upper Northwest, and many people in this neighborhood, me included, have more money than time.  We pay for all kinds of crazy things.  Honestly.  I'll bet you could make a fortune just hiring yourself out to wait for the cable guy or whatever.  I'm serious.

I also think the coabode suggestion is a good one.  I looked into it briefly several years ago when I thought I might be getting divorced, and it seemed like a good program.  Also consider whether you could find a trade childcare for rent situation.  Many people in this part of town have au pair suites in their basements with a full kitchen and everything.  It might be tough to find somebody who is willing to take on three kids plus you, but you never know.

Finally, I am sorry OP.  I want to kick your STBX myself.  Look into some of the local women's and pro bono organizations - WEAVE or the DC Legal Aid, for example - to see if you could find a pro bono or reduced cost lawyer.[/quote]

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