Thought I'd throw in my biggest bother thus far. Ready yourselves for first-world problems. To be clear, I [I]love[/I] my job and am thankful to have one!

Things that have been bothering me... Here's one of the bigger ones, then. I finished my Bachelor's in June and as of August began working part time at a local state college. The very same day I started working there, I attended a forum for a position within the Department of Homeland Security. I'd also just moved into an apartment with my fiancé with room entirely dedicated to my daughter, as she comes over from her mother's. It's been wonderful, well, except for our third game-addicted room-mate --separate issue that one. Anyway, wonderful experiences, interviewing and having medical checks with DHS, slated to begin training next month and will earn a full-time check for that. In the meantime, I have sent many applications out and received only jobs that requested very strange and/or highly inconvenient stipulations (ex. Visiting other cities for work without any travel expenses paid, WTF?). Basically, since August I have been living on a check that pays the necessary expenses and that's it. My life is pretty simple, easy to afford with three working adults, but I literally don't see an extra dollar every month. It bothers me living so close to chest. It baffles me that a college where my co-workers genuinely like me and ask my perspective doesn't have any full-time openings in almost six months. Actually, what bothers me most now that you all know this, are the people who make a point to tell me each day that they wish they had my hours, meanwhile driving to work after picking up some Starbucks and Burgerville (I take the bus and do not have cash for fast food).