Wait... what??

I should have bitched about not having a job on this blog earlier, months ago in fact.

I applied for two jobs online yesterday, one is a long-term sub position for elementary social studies at a school in Glendale. The other is part-time tutoring.

One called within half an hour of me applying, and I set up a meeting with the tutoring business owner at 2:15pm today (Thursday). Not even 10 minutes later the other job called to set up an interview at 8am today.

I was a little skeptical about the long-term sub position because it is quite far from my apartment, about 40 minute drive one way. But after speaking to my mom I decided that I should go to the interview, and if I indeed got the job, its a job AND its temporary (in theory).

I went to the job interview at 8am and was super early, because I gave myself a little over an hour to get there, ensuring that if I hit traffic I would still be a little early to the interview. Oh no, I was over half an hour early. haha. So I sat in my car for awhile and read my book, then I went in and did the interview. The principal immediately hands me tax forms and asks me to fill them out. While I was filling them out, the secretary was calling my references. WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE! Ha. The principal said that I could start THAT DAY if they were able to get ahold of my references. They were not able to, unfortunately, because McClintock teachers went back today and had a 'Welcome Back breakfast' or something.

I left and drove home. Then I got home and took a nap. I'm a napper recently. I love naps. Not only that, but I didn't sleep too fantastically last night. When I got up at 12:30 I got myself ready again for my next interview, drove to Starbucks in Scottsdale and had a great interview with the lady from Bright Tutoring. She was a really cool lady and we hit it off immediately.

While I was sitting with her, the school in Glendale called and offered me the job. I called them back as soon as I got in the car and now I start Monday.
Admittedly the job is only a long-term sub position, BUT according to the principal, it could lead to being a full year teaching job depending on if the teacher comes back (maternity leave).
Either way, I don't care.

In the end I want to coach track again this coming spring at McClintock, so I'm torn. If I work there, I won't be able to coach because I won't get out of work until 3pm when track starts, and the school is all the way across town. I could TRY to make it work, and probably WILL try to make it work, assuming things work out that way. I love coaching, its the one thing I really enjoy in life. If this job is NOT a full year, I can just switch to subbing in Tempe, which would save me gas money and then I could 100% coach again. Either way works for me.

I can't wait to start working and actually have a paycheck. I need money so bad!!

I went to visit my mom after my 2nd interview in Scottsdale, she was at her school. I got there just as my dad got there to pick her up (they carpool). I ran up to my dad's truck, ripped open the door and shouted "I GOT A JOB DAD!!" and slammed the door, turning immediately and running into my mom's building and down the hall to her classroom. My parents were super excited for me :) I love my mom and dad, we are doing way better in our relationship these days. And if you know ANYTHING of my relationship with my parents in the past, you know that I have had some issues.

I wore the skirt I wore to my high school graduation today to my interview, and my mom says "that skirt is too big... it hangs off of you. it didn't hang off of you when you wore it to graduation". I'm apparently now smaller in size than I was when I was a senior in high school.

ONE OF THE FEW benefits of being poor. Yay!

Thats about it... I have typed a lot. Oh and I'm about to add some pictures to my plumeria post below this one :)