Catch-22 all over again....

I feel serious guilt right now.

I got a call this afternoon from one of the casino jobs I applied to out of the area.
We scheduled an interview for tomorrow, but the person let me know what the pay was, and it was a little low [probably short about 5-6k] but like a dummy, I agreed to come in anyway. Luckily, my wife came home briefly that afternoon and we could discuss it.
The salary just isn't going to work. It won't support us, although it could if we separated on a semi-permanent basis and if my wife continued to work and helped to support me while I was there. So, sheepishly, I called back just now to respectfully decline. It was just a little over an hour after they initially called me so I'm hoping it won't cause them too much of an inconvenience.

I guess it's good that I at least was offered an interview in February, even if I turned it down. If I had known the salary beforehand I wouldn't have applied.

We've been down this road before, also...when I moved to work for the Big Firm we had a similar situation where I was only making enough money to pay some of the bills, my own living expenses, etc. and ended up having to dip into savings after a while in order to make ends meet for what essentially were two households.

This brings up a conundrum. I can only bring in an entry level salary, but I don't have entry level obligations. I guess it's something that career changers out there should consider before taking the plunge and studying accounting, nursing, engineering, or whatever fields are "hot" right now.

I'm better off just waiting for unemployment to run out and at that point settle for the $8-$9 per hour temp job. Still have 4 months or so.