In 1905, I'd be...

A Lodging house keeper!

gacked from elainemc

A Snapshot of your life as it might have been in 1905

Education
You go to school until the age of 14 and then go into apprenticeship.

Career Prospects
You stay in the job all your life, you don't enjoy it. There's little prospect of promotion, but it's the only trade you know.

Leisure Time
You look forward to going away for a week once a year – you only get 10 days' holiday per year. Usually you take the train and stay in a boarding house by the sea. One day you go to church where you hear sermons about the importance of improving the conditions of the working poor. You get fired up by discussions in your dormitory about how campaigners are trying to improve women's rights and you join a march in London in 1907 to show your support.

Living Conditions
You board on your work premises in a dirty, cramped dormitory. This is a condition of the job. A severe system of "fines" for every minor offence at work takes money from your small salary and you have little left to spend on luxuries. You eat in the basement dining rooms, usually bread with cheese, jam or lard dripping. You don't usually have time to go outside in the day.

Marital Relations
You don't get married but are involved with various men throughout your life. When you get pregnant by a man you work with you have the baby aborted in secret.

Other Possible Occupations
Shop assistant, Nurse, Midwife, Publican, Barmaid

Running away to join the circus... or not...

I received my signed copy of the lease, so I'm officially set for an apartment for another year. Still only leads with the job situation and no actual assignment. I'm starting to get worried about making Media West, even if I did get one of the May jobs. I may wind up coming in Thursday night, so I would only have to take off Friday.

Through the Bravo channel, I have acquired a new fascination: Cirque de Soleil. They're running a fascinating reality show called "The Fire Within" which shows the behind the scenes preparation work for the show. Being a former gymnast, I was fascinated watching the former gymnasts readjusting to new apparatus, like the triple trapeze or the straps. I loved the straps, something about the free swinging style that captivates me. The twins are easily my favorite characters. I found several Cirque programs at the library, so I'm catching up on the show. The single trapeze scared that daylights out of me in "Nouvelle Experience". Just a little too close to the edge of danger for my tastes.