Maybe you could volunteer somewhere else like at a preschool, a daycare, the church nursery, or the local hospital pediatric floor. Or maybe you could try something completely different. Look around and try to think of somewhere that sounds interesting to you. If you get out and about more, you will meet more people, you will feel less lonely, and I bet your chances for a job will improve too. The economy is bad in lots of places and the job market seems to be very tough. I agree that most of the jobs that do open up tend to go to someone that the person hiring knows. That just shows that almost everyone knows someone who is job hunting. Try doing some other things now and maybe the next time a good job opens up, you will be the person that someone knows. [img]smile.gif[/img]