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                Now that my hermitage has gotten to all-new heights, I have embarked on yet another useless attempt to find a job to do from home. Okay, before people start spouting the fact that there are plenty of normal jobs out there, let me explain. I live in BFE. There are no buses out here, and every job available is at least about 5-10 miles away. Seeing as my only mode of transportation has been removed from existence, it makes finding work here even more difficult. I could get rides to and from, but considering what gas costs it would be useless with the fact that few jobs pay above 8 dollars an hour. If there are jobs available that pay enough for me to beg a ride, it involves continuous standing or walking. Considering the fact that a simple shopping trip renders me in pain for hours afterwards, I think that 8 hours on my feet for one day would make me immobile for about 3 days afterwards. Thus, why I am trying to find work from home. In this day of telecommuting and computer wizardry, I figured that would be simple. How wrong I was...

                First, the biggest problem I am having is the endless scams out there. If you have ever typed in “work from home” in a search engine, you know to what I am referring. These sites where you click on the listing, and after several clicks, you find that they are selling you a “training system” for anywhere from 20 to 100 bucks or more. I am sorry, but it is not a job if YOU have to pay THEM.  Then, I see an ad in the paper for assembly from home. I figure I am a crafty person. I can assemble stuff or stuff envelopes. Warning flag #1: there is only a phone number. So, I did some research online and did a reverse look-up of the number. Come to find out, it is a company with a failing rating with the BBB for unresolved customer complaints, and advertisement for being an employment agency when they aren’t one. Basically, they are another huge scam.

                Then, I find a diamond in the rough, or so it seems. I register for free for a job site that is just for work from home listings. I find some that look like real jobs, until I look further. The ones that are real jobs, all require Bachelor’s to Master’s degrees in finance or business. If I had one of these degrees, I would be sitting in an office doing work for good pay. I definitely wouldn’t be trying to find a work from home job. Then, I find a listing for a graphic designer. I think that this might just be what I have been looking for. I was so wrong. It was basically a printing service who will print your design for you to sell. If I was an effective sales person, I WOULD HAVE A JOB ALREADY. Ugh. Then I see a bunch of jobs that are for writers. Again, I think I might just have found something, until I notice that all of the listings are for the same place and they are looking for subjects that are totally out of my area of expertise…like sports or weather. I did find a few for personal assistants, but those were the ones who wanted degrees. I mean- really? Do I really need an MBA to write emails?

                So, I will embark on my journey yet again today. I am sick of being broke. Speaking of broke, I broke my chair yesterday. It really sucks, too because it took me forever to find a chair in the house that was the right height that didn’t squeeze my thighs and cause back pain. So, now I am stuck with a yoga ball as my seat. It was kinda funny, though. I leaned over to throw something in the garbage can and the chair just sort of melted under me. I wound up on the floor on my tushie. I needed my Bug-a-boo to help me get back up. She just giggled at me as she helped get the chair out of my way. Mind you, I have rescued this chair several times before, bending it back into place. This time, however, it was lost. The poor metal hollow tubes just couldn’t take the weight any longer....... which comes back to my job dilemma-
                                   How would I find an office with sturdy enough furniture?