Hey y'all. I know there are lots of these asked, but here's mine:
I've been unemployed since March. I was working part time evenings then. It was kinda nice but I hated that I was stressed out all day trying to get everything I had to do done before like 4pm before I had to go to work.
I like being home with our almost 3 year old, but I feel I may be better off contributing financially again (especially my poor 401K & roth!)
My husband works full time day shift. His schedule is the "same". It's not a typical M-F job. He has some week days off, always Sundays, and then a full weekend twice (?) a month.
The biggest challenge we face is child care. When I was working part time, our parents watched our son when mine and my husband's schedules overlapped. But, I'm thinking about going to work full time. That will be a challenge because I don't think either set of parent's can watch him for that amount of time. We discussed "day care" and preschool and whatnot. I'd have to be making enough to pay for a good, quality day care for it to matter, ya know?
And we just bought a house that needs a few things done (windows, being a main thing). And we'd like to jump start our 'stache again. If I don't work, I might can squeeze only a couple hundred out of the budget right now. We have 0 debt, other than our newly acquired mortgage.
Problem: I don't really have a marketable degree. I have an AA in criminal justice. So, either I get lucky and find a job in the $11-$14 range (that's roughly what manufacturing makes around here.) or I go back to school for.....? I don't know. Someone here mentioned Waste Water Operator in another thread. That sounded pretty interesting with little schooling. I don't think I want a 4yr degree. That same thread mentioned "skills & trades" being the future. I pretty much agree with that. Something that can't be done online.
I do want to be a little picky because I'd like to get settled in a career path. I'm 30 and we have no real retirement savings yet. We have GOT TO GET GOING.
I'm not exactly sure what I'm asking...maybe for opinions on careers that take little to no schooling and make decent money? How do y'all handle two full time working parents with a child(ren)?