It's What Time?

I'm not a morning person.  As far as I can tell, I never have been.  That being said, 5:30 is really darn early in the morning.  I don't like seeing it.  Even when I worked a regular day job I didn't have to get up this early.  To get the girls out the door on time for school, it's a must.  School starts at 7:20 in the morning.  I don't understand how the whole thing works, but the younger you are, the earlier you start.  The high school kids are just starting to hit the bus stop at 7:15.  I think that this state has this backward.  The little kids should be going later, in my opinion.  I just think it's crazy to have my very young children up so early.  They eat lunch at 10 in the morning.  Who eats lunch that early?

The economy is crap.  I'm struggling like I never have.  There are no jobs to be found here.  None.  I don't know if it's because it's a military town, or because it's such a small town, or what.  It's a little scary.  My dad insists that there are jobs aplenty up in his neck of the woods.  From what I understand of people living up there, this is really not true.  I've got at least two friends that live in his town that have been trying to get jobs for over a year.  It's easy to say there are jobs when you either don't need one, or already have one.  The reality is that nobody is hiring. Especially not a 40 year old who has been out of the workforce for 8 years.  I'm fighting an uphill battle, I think.  I do know that I'm scared to death that I'll never find anything, and that I won't be able to provide for my kids.