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    Captain Catlova's Log

    Thanks everyone for your input. It's been a while so I'll get you all up to date. I did move in and have been caring for my mom at home since we took her out of skilled nursing (sadly she was somewhat neglected there) and it has been ok. I've had 2 design gigs but lost one this month; that...
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    Education & Skills needed to work online from your Rig

    Hi I wanted to offer another opportunity although I'm not sure it's been mentioned already. If you have a Bachelor's degree, and like kids (and have a little relevant experience working with kids), you can teach English to Chinese kids online with programs like VIPKid. You can do this remotely...
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    Captain Catlova's Log

    I am very much almost very nearly decided to move in with my parents for a time, help them out, save up money, and then purchase a Sprinter-type van or small RV (but leaning to a Sprinter for the stealth/ease of parking) and going from there, embarking on vanlife.  (Finding a good caretaker for...
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    Captain Catlova's Log

    Having helped my mom for a while, I am considering moving in for a period to save on rent.  I could also then continue some design courses I have and not worry about the cost of the software, and then pursue more freelance work.  I don't think I'd do that step if I were keeping the studio - I'd...
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    Captain Catlova's Log

    My parents are elderly and in poor health so for now I want to be near them and able to help.  I'll be staying with them for 6 weeks while my dad recovers from surgery, so I'll see how things go.   There place is a mess that stresses me out so it'll be a lot of clean up.  If it comes to it, yes...
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    Captain Catlova's Log

    Yes.  I'm just thinking there will be so much demand for jobs that low wages will be accepted though, sadly, since there are millions who lost their jobs from the pandemic. I was just watching a youtube about poverty in America.  It was a recent one about Wyoming and really an eye opener.  It...
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    Captain Catlova's Log

    That's awful!  Sorry to hear that.  Hopefully you've found a more affordable situation! Fyi I am Catlova, but it's been so long I forgot the password, and couldn't find the reset email although I tried about 3-4 times and looked in lots of folders.  So I created a new account and I wrote it...
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