<p>Manual laborer extraordinaire! Lakeson and Lakehusband have projects galore this summer on Lakehouse. Since Lakeson is pursuing a degree in the Liberal Arts we figured he better learn how to use a saw, a drill and a nail gun.</p>
<p>laketime, I hear that!</p>
<p>We have all kinds of maintenance projects laid out, then S also has a job dogsitting, then taking care of and driving a family for 2 months, and he just got a call to tutor a 6th grader until the end of the school year.</p>
<p>Youngest (almost 18) has applied to about 20 jobs with no success so far. I hate to see her motivation go unrewarded. She has missed the start of CC classes while looking for work. She will babysit.</p>
<p>Older daughter is home recovering from a grueling struggle to finish the semester/year with several chronic illnesses and problems with medications. She is at a top college and apparently suffering deep grief and shame that she is home doing so little, compared to her peers, who are going to Bali to study music (which she wanted to do, but the grants are for 8 weeks or more, and she could only manage 3-4, a situation I hope is changed to accommodate kids with health issues), work in investment houses, do research with professors, attend Oxford etc. A high powered group.</p>
<p>I am actually annoyed at the effect of this top college’s population on her. We live in a small working class town and most kids come home for the summer and serve ice cream or work in the drug store.</p>
<p>She seems to feel her future is doomed. I am hoping that better health restores her perspective, which is understandably dark right now.</p>
<p>One of mine is in summer school until mid-July and working part time. In August she has summer drill with her National Guard unit for 3 weeks.</p>
<p>The youngest just finished her second year, was home for a week and then off to Barcelona for a 6 week summer study abroad. She flew out on Sunday and has never been away from me for this long… I know, I know. She is my baby. She was a little nervous about going - not knowing anyone etc. But last night she put on her facebook that she is loving it! Whew! She will come home in July and then resume her job at Barnes & Nobels and work her butt off for the rest of the summer!</p>
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Where is she looking - or NOT looking?
Has she thought of going to a temp agency?</p>
<p>@laketime - Love that!</p>
<p>Oldest D is a rising senior in HS and is going to be a nanny for 2 young girls 4 days per week and spend the rest of her time writing her college essays and filling out applications. Youngest D is a rising sophmore in HS and is attending a leadership camp, 2 week service camp in Costa Rica, and a sports camp. Both will also go on a two week family vacation in addition to summer school work for APs and summer reading.</p>
<p>Daughter will be working in the family store. Just a head’s up to other parents and frustrated job seekers: This is the first year in a long time I will not be hiring summer help. Daughter and I will be doing it all, there’s just no money for a few part time kids, so I understand their frustration in the summer job hunt. I’ll try to give some of my regular summer employees “on call” hours, but that’s not much help. It’s a hard year for work.</p>
<p>My freshman daughter, has worked summers as a residential counselor- but very burned out.
SHe is going to work at a garden store nearby- I am so excited- plants and more plants!
Also will be taking a CC course.</p>
<p>First three weeks after school’s over: sleeping, learning to drive & getting his license, more sleeping
Next 6 weeks: working as a senior counselor at a summer arts camp
Last three weeks: packing, freaking, rolling eyes at choked-up parents</p>
<p>Somewhere in there will be a whole lot of days spent throwing a frisbee, paddling a canoe, or riding a bike by the river. Also some crash life-skills training (cooking, handyman stuff) that has been crowded off the agenda all these years by school and music.</p>
<p>D1 (rising junior)- Full-time job as research assistant while taking evening classes - sweet-talking her way into future internships - sleeping as many hours as she can
D2 - (HS senior - rising freshman) - Part time job in library - full time job in convincing her mother that her baby is actually old enough and big enough to go away to school in the fall - spoiling the dog rotten in the meantime</p>
<p>S1 has a terrific job in Chicago, so he won’t be home. ( 
for the huge opportunity and great $$, 
for not seeing him.) He has to decide in the next week if he’s going to a math program overseas this fall, and if he does, he won’t be home til December, as his summer job requires a 10 week commitment and he doesn’t start til mid-June. </p>
<p>S2 has lined up a job with a catering company on weekends at a place he worked two years ago until the business dried up. They are hopeful they can get him hours this summer, but no guarantees. He is looking for something else PT during the week. If that doesn’t happen, I have plenty of handyman stuff for him to do. He also wants to get his license before he leaves for college. He’s feeling pretty burnt out right now, so perhaps the lousy job market is a blessing in disguise.</p>
<p>We were hoping for a family vacation with both kids, but looks like that’s not happening. </p>
<p>Around here, it is really hard to land jobs through a temp agency without a college degree or serious work experience. Temping is how I landed my first real job after college, though, so I often suggest it to young liberal arts types who aren’t quite sure what they want to do.</p>
<p>DD1 (rising senior) - part time work in library and (unpaid) internship with author at her college
DD2 (rising soph) - (paid) internship on local military base working on advanced statistics
– part time watching her much younger brother while DW and I date!</p>
<p>I can hear the drone of the power-washer as we type.</p>
<p>Like music to my ears.</p>
<p>My newly college graduate is living at home this summer while doing web design work for a couple of businesses and for his college over the next few months. He’s also catching up with old friends who are now home from their schools around the country, and he’s planning a hiking trip.
He has a public policy fellowship that starts in the fall in the northern part of the state, so he’s investigating living/moving arrangements for that, as well.</p>
<p>My rising college freshman will be an unpaid research assistant at a local research facility. It’s a great opportunity, but sadly no $$. Maybe it will lead into a paying position for next year.</p>
<p>Compmom, I am pm’in you.</p>
<p>Daughter is rising hs senior. She will be continuing voice and piano lessons/practice, taking a CC course, be in rehearsals for a show through June, practice-driving (got the permit last year, but never had the time or inclination to actually learn), fulfilling 35 service hrs, doing some (paid) proofreading/editing for my company, and HOPEFULLY, somewhere in there, finding some time to flop on the couch with a good book, which she craves but never has time for during the school year.</p>
<p>Son is a rising HS senior. He got accepted to a 7 week summer science research lab program at a university. Unfortunately, he won’t be paid but neither will I be paying for it, and it’s a really wonderful opportunity. Beyond that and his summer reading, I’m hoping that he’ll nearly complete all his applications by the end of summer or at least the common application, if not the supplements! Wish me luck!!</p>
<p>When we discussed vacations this year I got - Canyon Ranch 2 weeks from my husband (he’s taken 2 weeks together twice in 30 years!), England one month from younger daughter, Asia 2 weeks from older, college daughter to visit roommate. My college daughter is a rising sophomore and this is probably the last summer she can realistically not work in her field and since my husband needs to go to both England and Asia for business, I’m thinking no work for anyone and travel all summer long! So right now we’re 2 weeks Canyon Ranch (even the girls are excited), one week London, 1 or 2 weeks Asia with older daughter going to Taiwan by herself for a few days, 3 days Colonial Williamsburg without husband, 4 days Harry Potter World at Universal. The London and Asia trips will be relatively inexpensive since my husband will be there on business. </p>
<p>My poor deprived children but in truth, I am so excited for this summer!</p>
<p>amtc: can you please adopt me?</p>