I've been out of the work force a long time due to family commitments and a lot of moving from one place to another. I went back to paid partime work 4 months ago, in a completely unrelated field to my qualifications. I work only partime and receive quite a poor salary, it actually cost me to work during the summer holidays. Since my children have returned to school I'm finding the job quite stressful. I am only paid to work 10 hours a week but am expected to answer a number of queries/emails etc out of my paid hours. I have also recently begun a course/training to further myself in my original field, this is quite a commitment and will eat up most/all of my free time. I'm going to hand in my notice tomorrow and will have to work 2 days this week and next week and then I'm hoping to take the holidays I'm owed for the last week in September. I'm so scared of a bad atmosphere in the office when I hand in my resignation letter. My boss although nice is very chaotic and has a tendency to blame me for her oversights and then when she discovers her mistake overlooks the fact that she originally laid blame at my feet. Also I discovered that I hadn't been paid for last month's work and when I asked her if she could organize payment she didn't acknowledge it and hasn't yet and I feel that she should have at least said sorry! Does anyone have any advice for me. I think I lost a lot of confidence by being out of paid work for so long and I don't know what to expect. The last time I resigned I was leaving a country and felt I had a legitimate right to leave!