hi again...
Well, I feel a little sheepish about not having updated or indeed having been online very much lately. I do keep up with reading my flist, though.
A lot has been going on! Good things! I won't impose a really long post on you guys, I'll just kind of sum up.
1) I quit my job at the Boys & Girls Club. That was the best thing for me. It was an AWFUL job. Sweet Fancy Moses. It sucked the life out of me, and I'm done with it. The kids were hard, but the admin was nightmarish and the specific unit where I worked was a shitshow 24-7.
2) I got a new job. An amazing job. I've been there about a month. It pays 60% more, close to what I'd make as a French prof around here. And the cause... wow, the cause is so great. I'm the Humane Education Manager for the local Humane Society (SPCA equivalent). It's my job to coordinate all educational programs going at the shelter and to go out into the community and conduct workshops and lectures about animal welfare for folks of every age and in every location. So far I've run a summer camp, gone to about 8 libraries, given many tours, and I'm actually going on the news tomorrow to talk about why it's critical to Spay & Neuter your pet. The organization is stacked with amazing (and liberal, thank god) people who treat me like an educated adult instead of a slightly criminally inclined lackey. I'm using a lot of superlatives, but... they deserve it. Next up is creating a myspace page for a dog who shall become my political puppet mwahaha... Should be fun. And for heavens sake, if you have l33t skillz with myspace, offer to help me out. It's for a good cause.
3) I did not go to France. I don't know how to feel about this given many factors, one of which being that I love this new job. It's okay, really. And I really don't know if I want to try to become a French professor. I could be copping out, but I also just don't feel a strong urge towards that career right now. I'd rather try and get knocked up and save the puppies, kitties, bunnies, cavies, piggies, gerbils, and ferrets for now. I mean... I could try and see if I could get a French job... And it might pay a little more (like 5,000 maybe)... but I've already directly been involved in seeing 3 animals go to good homes and I loved that. And I might be fostering kittens soon. And I get to teach kids that contrary to what Beyonce would have you believe, a chinchilla coat is not where it's at. I feel GOOD about my job. Plus no grading. But I am presenting a conference paper in *gulp* two weeks.
4) All that health stuff with the PCOS is still way up in the air. Apparently none of the medicine is just going to *poof* fix everything. That sucks. I keep having change this, up that, decrease that. It's not much to complain about other than the likely fertility issues caused by it. But it's not fun and it's distracting in a not good way.
5) I haven't been doing many of my hobbies. Minimal surfing, no knitting, not much reading. I think I'm still trying to gather my wits after the BGC experience. I'm trying to come back. I'm sorry for bumming anyone out by my disappearance if bum anyone I did.
That's all, folks.
A lot has been going on! Good things! I won't impose a really long post on you guys, I'll just kind of sum up.
1) I quit my job at the Boys & Girls Club. That was the best thing for me. It was an AWFUL job. Sweet Fancy Moses. It sucked the life out of me, and I'm done with it. The kids were hard, but the admin was nightmarish and the specific unit where I worked was a shitshow 24-7.
2) I got a new job. An amazing job. I've been there about a month. It pays 60% more, close to what I'd make as a French prof around here. And the cause... wow, the cause is so great. I'm the Humane Education Manager for the local Humane Society (SPCA equivalent). It's my job to coordinate all educational programs going at the shelter and to go out into the community and conduct workshops and lectures about animal welfare for folks of every age and in every location. So far I've run a summer camp, gone to about 8 libraries, given many tours, and I'm actually going on the news tomorrow to talk about why it's critical to Spay & Neuter your pet. The organization is stacked with amazing (and liberal, thank god) people who treat me like an educated adult instead of a slightly criminally inclined lackey. I'm using a lot of superlatives, but... they deserve it. Next up is creating a myspace page for a dog who shall become my political puppet mwahaha... Should be fun. And for heavens sake, if you have l33t skillz with myspace, offer to help me out. It's for a good cause.
3) I did not go to France. I don't know how to feel about this given many factors, one of which being that I love this new job. It's okay, really. And I really don't know if I want to try to become a French professor. I could be copping out, but I also just don't feel a strong urge towards that career right now. I'd rather try and get knocked up and save the puppies, kitties, bunnies, cavies, piggies, gerbils, and ferrets for now. I mean... I could try and see if I could get a French job... And it might pay a little more (like 5,000 maybe)... but I've already directly been involved in seeing 3 animals go to good homes and I loved that. And I might be fostering kittens soon. And I get to teach kids that contrary to what Beyonce would have you believe, a chinchilla coat is not where it's at. I feel GOOD about my job. Plus no grading. But I am presenting a conference paper in *gulp* two weeks.
4) All that health stuff with the PCOS is still way up in the air. Apparently none of the medicine is just going to *poof* fix everything. That sucks. I keep having change this, up that, decrease that. It's not much to complain about other than the likely fertility issues caused by it. But it's not fun and it's distracting in a not good way.
5) I haven't been doing many of my hobbies. Minimal surfing, no knitting, not much reading. I think I'm still trying to gather my wits after the BGC experience. I'm trying to come back. I'm sorry for bumming anyone out by my disappearance if bum anyone I did.
That's all, folks.