Hanging on by a Thread

Ok, here's what's happened since you last heard from me:
1.  The staffing company who rejected me after I completed their personality index assessment called me about an available position at their client company 45 minutes away (of course I'd applied for this same position about a year ago and was rejected, so I didn't bother when I saw it posted again recently because what's the point?)  They told me they wanted me to start the very next day.  Um...ok?
2.  Due to a breakdown of communication between employees of the staffing company that rejected me for employment I was given the incorrect pay range when they initially contacted me which resulted in some discomfort during my initial meeting with their client company.  I will be paid significantly more money as a result of this miscommunication and due to the fact that their client company was in a desperate situation.
3.  Here's the situation:  There are two employees and an executive director.  The two employees both quit and their final days were last Friday and today.  This allowed me exactly five training days before being thrown into the lion's den.  Also, there was to be a second temp and she was a no show.  Here's the bad part:  While I was fortunate that they were in a desperate situation and basically forced them to pay me something other than the poverty wages to which I've become accustomed, this is a temporary position.  Although it has the potential to become permanent, I'm highly aware of the fact that they could probably hire a permanent employee more cheaply.  I sure hope they don't eventually expect me to train that person...because I won't. 
So, basically, I may or may not have a job, permanent or otherwise, within the next 12 weeks.  The precariousness of the situation does come with certain benefits, however.  It gives me a chance to earn some money while I continue looking for jobs and I don't have to feel bad if I leave after two months because it's only a temp position.  Also, it gets me out of the black hole of death and into another community for the time being, which is very important because keeping track of all the trails was becoming an unmanageable task (not that certain trails don't exist in my current situation, but they're much harder to prove).  So, here I am, still hanging on by a thread.  And the irony in the fact that the job I might actually end up with is a job I didn't even apply for is not lost on me. 
Tomorrow's my first day in the lion's den.  All alone.
PS:  Apparently doing semi-tacky things at an interview doesn't increase your chances of getting hired like I thought.  I didn't get a second interview at the company I really, really, really want to work for although they did send me a personal email (not automated) again letting me know that they were really impressed with my qualifications and that they were going to be posting another position in that same department within the next week and they encouraged me to apply for it again.  Um....why?  So they can tell me again that I don't meet their qualifications and they're electing to proceed with other candidates?  Fuck that.  This is the third time this has happened.  Why would I continue applying?  I'm going to have to conclude that, apparently, I'm not qualified to work at this company because they're too busy hiring people with high school diplomas and people with degrees that are unrelated to the positions they hold.  If I happen to hear that this company does one thing that makes sense (this is a long shot, trust me) then maybe I'll apply there again one day.  If not, I'm sure I'll have a wonderful temp job somewhere pulling the guts out of dead turkeys.