Poor Merrill. If it's not one thing, it's another. This time, she's come down with a fever. Merrill doggedly tries to return to work, but Melissa convinces her to take a sick day by offering to fill in on the job.

""Job"" quickly becomes ""jobs"" as Melissa goes through Merrill's hectic schedule of part-time professions--and gets fired from every one.

In tears, she retires alone to a bar with one job left to accomplish. But Louie and Ila aren't far behind, and Melissa learns how to get by with a little help from her friends.