Um... sounds like you really need something to change there, Rosie. Let us know how the "looking around" goes. Any chance of a job at the hospital where your dad works?
So far the only opening I've found is for a place that wants a person with both PC support experience and knowledge of GIS software - and they say that anyone without all qualifications will not even be contacted, so I kinda think it's not even worth a shot.
No openings at the hospital, either.
I suppose I COULD just look for part time work, like at a grocery or something...but you make so little for those kinds of jobs that for the number of hours I'd be able to work, I dunno if it'd be worth it. I have little enough of a social life as it is...