As I mentioned in the last post, it's not officially been a year since James got laid off. (And now it's been a year since I had parathyroid and thyroid surgery!)
Actually, right this moment, everyone else in the house is working at least a little bit!
D's been working retail coming up on 2 years. They work D A LOT for a "part time" employee, and I have all sorts of opinions about that (like that D deserves full benefits, a raise, and hours lumped together instead of 4 hours every day of the week) but it's not my job or my business. I'm just proud of D for sticking it out at as long as they have! I don't think I ever stayed at a job for 2 years until I started working for Terra West as a divorced lady.
I've been doing mystery shops, some in-person research stuff, and online surveys. We couldn't live on it, but it's something to do for "fun" money every now and then.
Even Mal is chipping in! He did one online survey video call thing about a year ago, he did a mystery shop with me a few months ago, and he just got off of a call here he commented on some educational products that are under development.
I don't think I posted this before, but here's what I got out of the mystery shop he helped me do:
He got $20 and I got a free photo that people pay a minimum of $200 for! Win/win.
In the meantime, the money James earned and saved is getting us through this. I hope he feels a little of the pressure off of him from our input.
Now I have to go transfer some money into Mal's account to pay for the discussion he just completed!
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