I haven't figured out a way to do both yet! Mom's really got an ambitious set of projects for me, really a full-time job if I actively pursued them (two blogs, updating websites, promoting business, maintaining databases, recruiting members, re-writing bylaws, training manuals...et ctera, et cetera...) I don't think I could do her stuff *properly* with anything more than a part-time job--particularly with the level of church activity I'm doing on my own. *sigh* this non-profit stuff just doesn't pay :)

That's true, but...there are different kinds of stability. The job I'm looking at right now that's the closest I have to a sure thing (and is, really, the only thing I have at all) starts out with a two-week training period out of state, then two months training on top of that, so a huge investment in the employee--and then it's a self-paced, moderately repetitive desk job, paid on performance rather than salary/hourly, involving investigating mortage insurance claims.

I've had a soul-sucking job in the past, I don't particularly handle them well, and end up staring at my monitor in despair. So...it's really a job that I'd rather work for $10 an hour than take, despite the high pay it (theoretically) offers. Odds of job statisfaction seem low, and there's so much money invested in the employee I'd be reluctant to leave until I'd paid some of that back.

Though I could still do some minor jobsearches and apply for the good, appealing stuff, as long as the NPO lets me make ends meet.