4 posts tagged “jobs”

I have an interview! An interview for a REAL TEACHING JOB!!! Can you tell that I'm feeling good about this? I can't say that I'm excited because I've had too many interviews at this point where I didn't get the job to feel excited about it. I'm not sure if I even feel optimistic. It just is. It's on Monday at 11:30 a.m. It's one of the next counties over. I'd still have a bit of a commute, but not as much as I currently do. I am also still hoping/expecting a call from the 'ville where my parents live. There is an opening at an elementary school there. They were supposed to interview before Christmas, but rescheduled due to weather and late applications(mine, definitely! Possibly other people, too). 

In the meantime, this job that I have is not bad at all. I've made some mistakes--missing medications for one of the participants in the house where I was working--but I've also had some triumphs--convincing the 23-year-old not to wear a seriously short skirt to a church-sponsored coffee house and discovering that one of the ladies likes knitting. She talks to herself/has hallucinations, and she doesn't talk to herself while she's knitting. I thought I would cry I was so happy to have made her happy. The program director praised me effusively for finding this out and giving her yarn/needles. Cuz I'm awesome. I would really love the chance to revamp their structured day program as well. I'd use all the staff that they have, make sure that everyone has their needs being met, etc. They have people who don't have a background in education doing their program. What are they thinking? I wish I could pitch it so that I could design the programs for all their facilities, not just the one nearby. That's kind of arrogant, isn't it?

And I have to go get ready for work. I plan to post about my achievements from last year and my goals for this year tomorrow!

I love kids, don't get me wrong.  But they take sooo much energy!  I babysat for my friend who has a 1-year-old today.  It wasn't really that hard.  Change a few diapers, feed her, make sure that she doesn't put things into her mouth that she's not supposed to.  I am seriously wiped out.  I actually think that it's more because I didn't get enough sleep last night than because I was babysitting.  I need to get up and get moving at a reasonable time tomorrow, so I'm trying to stay up until a decent bedtime.  You know, 9 or 10. 

On another note, I finally signed up for the sub phone system in my county.  I've been getting calls off and on since I did.  I was even offered a job for tomorrow.  No surprise--the majority of teacher absences are on Mondays and Fridays.  I've got too many errands to run and I'm having lunch with a friend tomorrow.  I also want to leave town in time so that I miss the Friday traffic.  I'll sub next week.  And I should know about this job I interviewed for tomorrow.

I found out that no Ky. pharmacy will refill my prescription because it's over a year old.  Grrr!  It seems like a day-long pursuit to find a free/low-cost clinic just to get a silly prescription refilled.  I'm glad that I have a lot of my migraine prescription!  I have a feeling they would want to do a lot of tests first.  Of course, it would be really nice if I could just get a stinkin' job with health insurance!!!

My brother made breakfast for his fiancee this morning.  Sweet of him, but blech.  I don't particularly want to hear about him being sweet and romantic.  At least he still is sometimes after they've been together for 4 years!  I'm just not feeling the romance these days.  And very content that way, thank you very much!

I got a job.  It's a job that I'm sure I'll enjoy--I love working with children and youth.  It's a job as a youth counselor at a group home.  It's second shift, which I am not at all enthusiastic about.  I like my evenings at home watching tv.  It also curtails my social life, which is starting to pick up.  The biggest downside to it?  It pays pocket change.  I don't know how people can make it on that kind of salary.  Probably most of the people they employ are still in college and can make it on that kind of salary.  Me, not so much.  I have too much debt.  I am supposed to start training next Monday, October 6th.

My dad called Friday, and there's an opening in his school district.  It sounds like it's tailor-made for me.  Plus, it pays a "normal" amount of money.  I have an interview(but no guarantee of a job, of course) next Tuesday at 2 pm.

The problem?  I have to choose one or the other.  I don't get to do both, unless I lie and say that I have a doctor's appointment or something.  I don't feel comfortable with that.  On top of it, I came home feeling more than a little depressed after having signed my new hire paperwork for the job. 

My instinct is to go to the interview and forget about the job I've got.  It's what I'm qualified for, what I want to do.  It looks like I am going to have to cash out my retirement anyway, so I'd rather wait for a job that I want, not one that doesn't pay my bills. 

Maybe I should buckle down and write the great American novel now!  NaNoWriMo, here I come!  LOL.

I vaguely remember a dream I had last night.  I dreamed that I moved back to California and that I dragged my brother and his fiancee with me!  We were talking to someone about it and said that we hoped mom and dad would move out eventually. 

I don't think that the dream really represents what I want. 

My brother just told me that one of my parents' cats just died.  Not the one with asthma.  They said that she wasn't acting any differently at all and they have no idea why.  I feel like I should be more upset.  AT the same time, pets are not people, and it's right not to be as upset as you are with people. 

I'm striking out in the job-hunting category.  It's really frustrating.  I'm hoping something will come up, but so far, nada.  I really don't want to substitute, but it's looking like I'm going to have to find something else for this school year and try again next year.  At the same time, I hate doing that to another company/employer.  I have to pay the bills, and I need insurance coverage.  What else can I do?  I'm not giving up hope yet, but I am definitely feeling discouraged.

OK, off to eat before it's time to get my car inspected for registration in Ky.