Where are the jobs? Just today I was reading about how more teaching jobs will evaporate because stimulus money is not available. I hope my daughter finds work in a school, but what will I do next year?

Living alone has its benefits. I can do what I want when I want. The prospect of being here next year is less difficult to imagine than it was two months ago. I already have a place and a job. I've done the hard work already -- planning a class in any school for the first time is a very time consuming job. Doing it a second year in a row? Not too hard. Still, I'd like to be home -- and employed.

I hate that I'm approaching 50 and I am still worrying about employment. I think there are still about 17 more years for me to work before I can retire with benefits. But where are the jobs?