working so hard for this love of mine

So, I'm interviewing for a . . . wait for it . . . THIRD job today. I work as a lawyer by day and, some weeknights and Sundays, I work retail at The Container Store (I'm not afraid to name it because I love working there so much).

Now, I know that there are people who are all, "You're a LAWYER! Why do you need an additional job? You make bank!" Ah, let me explain a few things:

1. I have an in-house counsel position at a private company. This means no big-law-firm hours, boredom, or billable hours. This also means that my starting salary was well below the 6 figures that those people make.
2. I was involved in a car accident that wasn't my fault over a year and a half ago - way before I had planned on buying a car. So, instead of having no car payment, I have a $300 car payment each month that came suddenly - and was unbudgeted. I'm suing the guy for my personal injury claim, but the wheels of "justice" move very slowly indeed.
3. I went to a private law school. This means, yay, small classes and an excellent legal writing program, but, BOOOOO, horrible law school debt. My student loan payments are second only to rent.

Those things combined - mainly the car accident - make things a little to close for comfort for me financially.

So, I started looking for a part-time job about a year or so ago. My boss made calls trying to get me some contract work with a few of the larger firms that we use. No luck. I applied for a bunch of places, including TCS, and got no hits. At Christmastime I tried the job search again and got a job at Macy's (I'm not afraid to name it because I HATED working there so much). WORST JOB EVER. (Except maybe the preschool nursery worker...) Then TCS called and offered me a seasonal position and I was so elated I quit Macy's OVER THE PHONE VIA VOICEMAIL - and felt REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT. After the season was over, TCS offered me a part-time spot. Which brings me to present-day.

Anyway, my day-time boss has slowly developed a hatred for my second job and recently made a comment to an outside attorney that he wanted me to find a "legal" job as a part time job so that I could give up my TCS job. I got a call yesterday for an opportunity to do some contract work.

I'm really excited about it (and hope that I look nice enough) - it will be doing different types of research, document review, and legal writing surrounding some foodborne illness and waterborne illness cases. As a biology major, I am completely geeking out and am really looking forward to starting. I have no idea, however, the going rate...

All that aside, I think I'm going to try and make all 3 jobs work out together - TCS is such a nice escape for me in so many ways.

Plus, I want to hang on to my discount as long as possible - or at least until I buy a house and redo the closets, garage, pantry, and everything else I can organize with elfa.