Explain Any Breaks

Spent part of yesterday downloading and completing job applications. Yes, we want jobs. Well, let me correct that, we need jobs. Not full time...just some part time stuff. I'm envisioning Tim as a crossing guard ala Albert Brooks in Lost in America. But that probably won't happen as I haven't seen any crossing guards on the island. He may apply to be an asst. soccer coach at the high school(must keep him running around as much as possible.) Plus he's got a small business idea in the planning stages. More on that later. I'd like to get the writing workshops going again. It's seems there is already a plethora of writers and want to be writers on this island so I'll have to find my niche. I'm filling out an application for a teaching position at Skagit Valley College in Clinton. I cringed when I had to fill in my birthdate. I put AD after the year so it wouldn't look so bad. I was a bit stumped when I was instructed to explain the gaps in employment while between jobs. Hmmm...where to begin? It's been over seven years since I worked full time. In the time since, I've had a little part time job in a library and have done some freelance writing gigs. Anybody have some creative input on this? We both wish we could just volunteer around the island. And, we will as soon as we get settled. Today we are off to Whidbey Telecom for a landline. We need to be ready when those job offers start coming in...