Ok, I've been reading everyone's posts here and I'm finding that out of all places, this is definitely going to be the most support I will be able to find...hope it works! Here goes...
I moved to a big city for college and quit with only a "certification" because I was just having way too much fun :\ of course that leads to other things..now I'm living back in my old hometown with a one year old daughter.
Anyway, what I left behind was the PERFECT job. Great pay, benefits, work environment, etc. I moved into income-based apartments and got a job 3 weeks after my daughter was born to make ends meet.
I was just hired on at a fairly decent job...not exactly what I want to do with the rest of my life...but the pay is pretty good. Now this new job has gave me all kinds of motivation and I enrolled in online schooling to finish my degree.
The great pay also brought a downside though-my income based housing. Its going up from $300 a month to $700, so I'm moving out quick!
So now what I have on my plate is full-time job, full-time school (online, but still!), full-time mommy (plus dad) and finding a new place to live before I get evicted from not being able to pay this rent. I'm 24, so I'd still like to have a social life-but I'm not seeing it happening.
Am I trying to much? I'm worried this is going to be one of those crash & burn situations. If anyone has any tips for me to get through all of this, please let me know!!! I start my new job on Monday and they are sending me to Detroit for 2 days for orientation. That's great, but I will have to spend Saturday-Tuesday WITHOUT my daughter..I've only been away from her for one night since she was born. So anyway, feeling a lot of stress from every end. Any encouragement would be appreciated. <3

The sacrefices we make for our kids at times are very trying. I did pretty much the same thing, left a job paying $60,000+ a year in Reno to give my girls a chance at a stable life. Right now I don't care what job I get as long as I don't have to move them all over the US for work. Keep after your schooling, it doesn't last forever and in the end it will help to releave the stress by getting a better job.

Oh, welcome to the forum.

Your doing great and it sounds like you are headed in the right direction with your life. It is a real bummer that your housing skyrocketed on you, I had the same thing happen to me a few years ago...got a small raise and they jacked my rent up $300.00 more per month...almost makes you feel like the harder a person tries to better themselves that the harder the system works against you.

As for wanting to maintain a social life, you need to for your sanity, it is hard to find that time, but you HAVE to. Take orientation for example, take advantage of that time that you are away from your daughter and get out while you are away, hit a club in the evening or just go and relax in the jacuzzi at your hotel (if it has one). WHen business takes me away from my children I use that as my "social" time and it really does help.

Keep up the great work!
:welcome:

Thanks so much..makes me feel a little more stable knowing others go through the same thing.

OH I did take advantage of the business trip...went swimming, slept in a king size bed with no interruptions and had a cocktail at the airport (5 hour layover..ouch!).