#3!

AND-You might be able to perv at the people in the pool too, I know our gardeners do.

Not as exciting as the chacha job but there might be a chi-huahua or two.

In all seriousness, I like the outdoors.

good luck on the chacha prospect.

Rats! I read through everything and ChaCha is not accepting new guides at this time. :(

Back to the old drawing board...

could change quickly.... online stuff often does.

Guess I'll give #3 a shot. Besides it being a temp job, the other thing I don't like about it is having to lift 50 pounds. I'd either get in shape or die!

You could find a sugar-daddy!

rly? 50lb is not really a lot -and I bet you'd never have to do it -it's a fitness "benchmark" ...but most things come in smaller packages - 10 and 25

Are you offering? :D

Uh,oh. Sundae Vs SamIam death-match in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

This.
We may still have that in the job descriptions we use, because occasionally you will need to move a box of copy paper. They weigh about 50 pounds. But this isn't a warehouse, and we're not slinging boxes around all day long. It's a desk job.

Update on my continued job search. Apparently, I don't qualify to pull weeds, since I've heard nothing back from that job. Probably some idiot with a Master's in the Removal of Exotic and Unwanted Botanical Species got THAT job.

Cortez remains flat line on the jobs scene. However I got a job offer in Durango, 50 miles away, for a job that sounds perfect for me. It's as a horticultural technician, caring for indoor plants and atriums like you see in posh hotels, banks, etc. I have done this before, and I loved the job. I have a BA in botany and adore plants of all kinds. The company would start me part-time and then if they like me, I'd move to full time.

But there's a catch (ain't there always?) They won't hire me unless I live in Durango - it's just too far to commute through the mountains between the two towns. So, I have to find a rental in Durango. Rents in Durango tend to be strastospheric since its a student/tourist town.

The good news is that college is letting out for the summer, so more lower priced rentals are becoming available. The bad news is that I have to drive 100 miles round trip to check places out and with the price of gas, that means $25/trip. I try to line up as many places as possible to look at in one trip, but the really good deals are snapped up within a day, so sometimes I am faced with deciding if what looks great on paper is actually worth that $25.00 trip.

I can afford one more apt hunting trip, but then I'm going to be grounded for at least 10 days. This is extremely frustrating and if I can't make it to Durango in a reasonable amount of time that job will go to someone else, GRRRR!! :mad::(:mad:

I misread "horizontal technician"...

No commute necessary for that. ;)

I wonder why they won't let you live wherever during the part time phase?

I don't understand why it's any of their business where you live. You're going to want to move for yourself, sure, but the normal order of things is you get a job offer and then you relocate.

If you're really sure about the job, why not just pack up now and drive one-way? Sleep in the truck one or two nights until you've found your place.

$25 in gas to go 100 miles? Are you including depreciation and other costs of ownership?

I'm including the cost of gas. :eyebrow: My truck gets between 15 - 20 mpg, depending on driving conditions. I base my estimate on the lower number (15), so as not to be taken by surprise by something and run out of gas. Currently, gas around here is averaging $3.92/gal.

100 miles/15 miles per gallon = 6.06 gallons

6.06 gallons x $3.92/gallon = $23.76 or $1.24 less than $25.00. Please excuse my gross over-exaggeration.

I think the requirement that I live in town is rather odd, too. I could see it in the winter when the road through the mountains between Durango and Cortez can become very nasty and cause delays getting to work. No problem in the summer, though.

I probably will take Clod's advise and go up next week and spend a few nights sleeping in the truck and apartment hunt.