Yep...
I've fallen into a bit of rut lately, which is no surprise given my current state of joblessness and what-not.
I'm still trying to find work, but it has been less than great. I've applied to a job in Georgia, one in Indiana, and one here in Michigan. I'm optimistic about my chances for all three of them, but I know I still need to keep looking.
I've been offered my old job at the newspaper here in town back, but I'd really prefer not to go back to that. Sportswriting, while not terribly difficult work and occasionally fun, isn't really something I want to be doing anymore. Still, if the money's ok and it's not going to overload me, sure I could do 10+ hours a week there.
Right now, that's probably my emergency plan: sign up to be a substitute teacher and get 4-5 days work there and work at the newspaper for another 10-15 hours a week. That would give me enough money (assuming the subbing still pays $10/hour) to get by for a while as I look for something better. Michigan is supposed to have its alternative licensure program up and running later this year. And I have been accepted into the alternative program in GA and am eligible for Indiana's program as well; it's just a matter of landing a full-time teaching position, I think.
So this week I've got to work on that stuff. The problem has been my schedule. Don't know if it's mental, physical or just pure laziness, but I've been going to bed really late and waking up at 1,2,3 pm. Ugh. Doesn't leave a lot of time to job search when I sleep half the day away.
I really need to get charge of that. Last weekend, I went to a friend's wedding and there are two sticking points about that:
1. During the wedding itself, I found myself thinking about J pretty much the entire time. Believe it or not, it was not intentional; it's just where my mind wandered. Don't know if it means anything and right now, I've got other things to concern myself with, but well, that's probably the longest sustained thinking I've done about her in some time.
2. During the reception, some people I was talking to said the groom and bride had to "grow up" before they could get married. See, they had dated for a long time, then split up for a while before reconnected last summer. It made me think about how I probably still have some "growing up" to do before I dive into a major relationship again. I think it kind of goes back to the sleeping schedule and job search a bit -- I need to take charge of those things and make some changes.
I suppose we'll see how this goes. I've tried to make changes before and they generally aren't followed through. However, this time it seems to be sticking in my head a bit more. What that means, I'm not sure. Guess we'll see.
I'm still trying to find work, but it has been less than great. I've applied to a job in Georgia, one in Indiana, and one here in Michigan. I'm optimistic about my chances for all three of them, but I know I still need to keep looking.
I've been offered my old job at the newspaper here in town back, but I'd really prefer not to go back to that. Sportswriting, while not terribly difficult work and occasionally fun, isn't really something I want to be doing anymore. Still, if the money's ok and it's not going to overload me, sure I could do 10+ hours a week there.
Right now, that's probably my emergency plan: sign up to be a substitute teacher and get 4-5 days work there and work at the newspaper for another 10-15 hours a week. That would give me enough money (assuming the subbing still pays $10/hour) to get by for a while as I look for something better. Michigan is supposed to have its alternative licensure program up and running later this year. And I have been accepted into the alternative program in GA and am eligible for Indiana's program as well; it's just a matter of landing a full-time teaching position, I think.
So this week I've got to work on that stuff. The problem has been my schedule. Don't know if it's mental, physical or just pure laziness, but I've been going to bed really late and waking up at 1,2,3 pm. Ugh. Doesn't leave a lot of time to job search when I sleep half the day away.
I really need to get charge of that. Last weekend, I went to a friend's wedding and there are two sticking points about that:
1. During the wedding itself, I found myself thinking about J pretty much the entire time. Believe it or not, it was not intentional; it's just where my mind wandered. Don't know if it means anything and right now, I've got other things to concern myself with, but well, that's probably the longest sustained thinking I've done about her in some time.
2. During the reception, some people I was talking to said the groom and bride had to "grow up" before they could get married. See, they had dated for a long time, then split up for a while before reconnected last summer. It made me think about how I probably still have some "growing up" to do before I dive into a major relationship again. I think it kind of goes back to the sleeping schedule and job search a bit -- I need to take charge of those things and make some changes.
I suppose we'll see how this goes. I've tried to make changes before and they generally aren't followed through. However, this time it seems to be sticking in my head a bit more. What that means, I'm not sure. Guess we'll see.