What to do? What to do?

For me, Christmas break starts around 9am on Thursday morning. This will be my third month-long break as a college student. The past two breaks, I have worked at Play & Learn Preschool where I worked my senior year of high school. This past summer was the only break that I have not worked at Play & Learn because my boss could not afford to have me work full time, which is what I needed at the time. The process of letting me know this was long & complicated & frustrating. I found the job that I currently have, working in the Registrar's Office at my school. Now, that job--I love. My boss, Cindy, is absolutely fantastic--she is SOOO NICE! :) And her personality matches mine, and she's good to work for. However, since Christmas break is a month long, i have been trying to figure out whether to work or whether to just take the month off because the Good Lord knows I need it. So, my practical side, knowing that me having a job would be a good thing for me, decided to contact my former boss at P&L to ask about working there for the month-long break. Two and a half weeks later, I have not heard anything from her, so I'm not sure whether I am or not. Now, I've been living off of babysitting paychecks this whole semester, and I'm fairly certain that I can do it again next semester if need be. When I talked to my dad tonight, he told me that I need to try to contact her again, but I absolutely do NOT want to. I want to take the break off and relax before I start my 17-hour semester in January. What to do? What to do? I don't know. I guess I'll just attempt to contact my former boss, at a place that drains all of my joy, and try to work a month to make some extra money.

Oh, the joys of being a poor college student. :(