Crawling back up
So, after two days of senseless panicking, I had what was probably a fairly obvious idea. Last spring, when I got hired on at The School That Must Not Be Named, I contacted the school district I had been subbing for, to let them know that I would no longer be available, because I had a position. That was the last they heard from me. When that job went south, I was so burnt out, I couldn't anything for a while, and then when I started looking for work, I felt like I couldn't face going back into the classroom, so I looked in other sectors (particularly libraries, and customer service.)
So, on Wednesday, I sent an email to the HR person at my former school division, asking if it would be possible for me to be reinstated as a substitute teacher for the division. She replied mid-morning yesterday that she had consulted with Sub Office Lady, and they would be delighted to have me back, so I drove up to the District Office to give them my most recent security clearance and fill out some paperwork yesterday. Spoke to Sub Office Lady in person (an event that has only happened once before, most of our communication being either via email or over the phone) and left with the idea that I might get called in to work as early as today.
Unfortunately, later I remembered that I actually have a therapy appointment booked for lunchtime today, and would need 24 hours' notice to cancel it, so I called when I got home from choir last night, just to let her know that I wouldn't actually be available until Monday.
My thinking is that even if I succeed in jumping through the medical hoops that my other work is requiring right now (and I still have no idea when that might happen) I should be able to keep both jobs. My other work was only giving me 2-3 three shifts a week, and the fact that those shifts are booked 3 weeks in advance, and the school district's online scheduling system, it should be easy for me to simply book those days off from subbing. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner....
So, on Wednesday, I sent an email to the HR person at my former school division, asking if it would be possible for me to be reinstated as a substitute teacher for the division. She replied mid-morning yesterday that she had consulted with Sub Office Lady, and they would be delighted to have me back, so I drove up to the District Office to give them my most recent security clearance and fill out some paperwork yesterday. Spoke to Sub Office Lady in person (an event that has only happened once before, most of our communication being either via email or over the phone) and left with the idea that I might get called in to work as early as today.
Unfortunately, later I remembered that I actually have a therapy appointment booked for lunchtime today, and would need 24 hours' notice to cancel it, so I called when I got home from choir last night, just to let her know that I wouldn't actually be available until Monday.
My thinking is that even if I succeed in jumping through the medical hoops that my other work is requiring right now (and I still have no idea when that might happen) I should be able to keep both jobs. My other work was only giving me 2-3 three shifts a week, and the fact that those shifts are booked 3 weeks in advance, and the school district's online scheduling system, it should be easy for me to simply book those days off from subbing. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner....