We are slowing getting plans together for moving. I have been getting rid of my August shifts but I still won’t be leaving until September. I have my flight booked for September 10th (there were some cheap seats that day ) but Winston is probbaly leaving around August 18th. We’re just waiting on getting a moving company booked before he gets his flight booked. Once he leaves I will have to move back in with my parents for a few weeks which should be interesting. But I will hopefully get to spend some time with my best friend during...
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Blogging Used to be Easy
Blogging was easy when I didn’t live with my boyfriend. I would be able to blog whenever I wanted to. My boyfriend doesn’t like it when I’m on the computer so out of respect for him I try to limit myself. If I was living alone I could blog about TV shows right after I watched them. I could talk about my feelings at the exact moment that I was feeling them. Now, I talk to him about everything first and by the time I get around to blogging about it, it’s old news. Anyway, this post will contain...
Christmas is a Busy Time
I have worked everyday for the last nine days and have three more days to go before I have a day off. Every time I have a day off they ask if I can cover someone else’s shift and I say yes because I love seeing the numbers on my paycheck go up . Other than working, I have slowly been gathering up gifts for people. This year I have a different problem than I usually do. I’m usually stressed out because I can’t find the gifts I want to give. But this year I’ve been finding too many....
It’s Been a Busy Two Weeks
I’ve been meaning to blog since my last post but I’ve only been off for a few days out of the last two weeks. Christmas is slowly creeping up on us and since I work in a toy store I’ve been getting a lot of hours. The bad part about that is I haven’t been available to teach. They called me one day but I had to tell them I wasn’t available. In other news, I saw my first flurries today! They lasted about 10 minutes and didn’t amount to anything, but it was exciting nonetheless. Tonight is also...
I Got Pooped On
What a day. Let me start off by saying that I have started getting some teaching jobs again after there being none at all in September, yay! Today I was a floating sub in a school which means that I’m not in one particular class. I’m wherever they need some extra help. My morning started off pretty great. For the first two hours they didn’t need me so I sat and read in the staff room. Then I was supposed to go to grade 4 but then it was changed to phys. ed. and then it was changed again...
Day 29 : Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
I hope that my boyfriend finds a job soon because I know it’s a source of stress for him right now. But at the same time, I would like to stay in Nova Scotia for another year because I kind of know how subbing works here now and I like that. If my boyfriend gets a job we’re going to have to move to another province or even country. If that happens, I’m not sure that I will start teaching right away. Ideally we will continue living here for the next couple months, and then he will get a...
June Sucks
As a substitute teacher, June sucks. At least for me. The first week of June has been rainy for the most part. That kind of weather makes me want to sit around the house and do nothing. If I did decide to teach on a rainy day, it would mean getting to school wet because I have to walk to the bus stop. And then the kids would be inside for Recess and Lunch which means they would have all kinds of pent up energy. And that makes my job harder. If the weather is nice and sunny, it...
Busy March
March so far has been a very busy month. Definitely the busiest one I’ve had in all of 2010. Today is only the second day this month where I didn’t have something that I had to do. I’m not complaining though because most of the busyness (I had to look that word up to make sure it was a real word ) has been because I’ve been working. Last week was I think, the first time I taught 4 days in a row. Sure I did it during my practicums, but this is the first time I will be...
Teaching
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about my teaching position and thought it might be nice to answer them. I think I have answered everyone’s questions individually so this may be a bit of a repeat for some of you. In case you don’t already know, I graduated last May with my teaching degree. I did my degree in elementary education so I am qualified to teach from grades primary to grade 9. I am not trained to teach music or French but I did get taught physical education even though I haven’t actually taught that subject yet....
Father is Retired
In sitely news, I joined a new forum and a contest. The forum I previously told you I joined has pretty much died due to spammers. I found a new one called Pop which seems to be pretty good. The contest I joined is held at 6birds and it is a chance to win a .info domain. If I happen to win, I plan on using the domain to host the Nerd Listings. In lifey news, this week hasn’t been too exciting. I wasn’t able to find any teaching jobs until today. The job is for tomorrow at another...
SOTF Winner!
The first SOTF contest of 2010 has come to a close. The winner is Tell You Why. Click on the button on the sidebar to visit their website. The next contest will begin on Monday. We still have room for one more website if anyone wants to join! This week was full of teaching. Monday started off with me getting a call to go teach for the day so I got ready and went on the bus. I got about 10 minutes down the road before I got another call saying that they didn’t need me to come teach...
Productive Week
This has been a pretty productive week for me. I’ve been able to do some teaching for the first time since probably November. My goal is to teach at least two days a week in order for me to be happy with my pay check. This week I was able to work a full day on Monday and a half day on Tuesday. I am also booked to work another full day on Friday. The only thing I can think of that will stop me from working tomorrow is snow. I heard that we’re supposed to get 10cm of...
The Year 2010
I can’t believe that it is the year twenty-ten. It sounds so futuristic. I thought it might be fun to predict some of the things I think will happen in my life in 2010. I think I will find some more teaching jobs during the next few months. So far this year subbing has been really slow for me. I predict that it will pick up and I will start making money. If that happens I predict that I will have my loans half paid off by this time next year. Something else that will happen is that I...
Crazy
What a crazy few weeks. I was getting worried because I wasn’t getting many shifts at my part-time job and I wasn’t having any luck finding subbing jobs either. Then I got my schedule for November and knew I was going to be busy. I have about 4 shifts a week. Then one day I finally got a teaching assignment so things were looking up. I got everything ready for the next day because I had to get up early to teach. Then I get a message on MSN from my brother saying that my sister-in-law’s water had broke....
Getting Lost
As some of you know, I am a teacher. Well, I’m currently a substitute teacher. I just graduated in May so I don’t have that much experience yet. I was able to teach three days last year but since the new school year started in September, I haven’t been able to find any teaching jobs. I have been going to visit some schools lately to drop off my resume and let them know that I’m available. I’m glad I did this for a few reasons. First of all, some schools only call substitutes that have dropped off resumes (you...
I’m back
You may have noticed that I disappeared for a while there. But I’m back now. Life has been busy this month. I have been working 4 days a week and feel like I don’t really have any time off for myself. But I’m not complaining because that’s probably going to change soon. I don’t have many shifts next month but there are a couple reasons for that. The first reason is because school is starting and I am hoping that I will be able to get some subbing in because the money is a lot better than at the...
Work
The job has been going well. Everyday I am learning more and feeling more confident. I haven’t been getting as many shifts as I would like but I will have more next month so I’m excited. I can’t wait to get to the point where I was in my last job where I had total confidence and was really good at what I had to do. I’m sure I will get there sometime. Last weekend we had the Tall Ships festival in town. That means a bunch of big sailing boats came and were parked down on the waterfront...
First Day
I had my first day at the new job yesterday and it went pretty well. I think the hardest part is going to be trying to find out where everything is located. But once I feel confident with that part of the job, I think I’m going to enjoy it there. I was worried about learning how to use their cash registers but I think I will catch on quickly. Canada Day was on Wednesday. My boyfriend was away in Las Vegas ( ) so I spent the day with my friend and her children. We got to go...
Employed
I’m employed now! I was hired about a week after my last blog post. I haven’t started the new job yet. I will have my first shift this week. I’m nervous but also excited. It is at a store that I am really excited to work at. It’s a store that sells things for teachers and children which is right down my alley. Hopefully I will be able to buy some teaching resources to help me with my career. Also, the day of my last blog post my Sims 3 game arrived in the mail. I have been playing...
Unemployed
I have no excuse for neglecting my blog lately. I still consider myself unemployed and I hate it. It is very boring sitting at home doing nothing everyday. I have however made a little bit of money in the last few weeks. I got my subbing papers together and was able to work one full day and two half days. I would like to be able to work more often but it’s hard to find jobs, especially at this time of year when the school year is coming to an end. But I’m happy that I’m finding any work...
Busy Month
Well, since we last chatted The Gang have died. But we still have Sunya. The little fish all seemed to get a disease. I think Sunya has/had it also but he survived or is still surviving. I have added some photos of the fish if you want to see what they look/ed like. I haven’t been having any luck finding a job either. I had one interview last week but I don’t think I got the job which is fine, because I didn’t really want to work there anyway. I went out and passed out a few more resumes...
Whoops
Whoops. I kinda have neglected my blog. I try to blog at least once every 2 weeks but I failed this month. Anyway, here are my excuses. The weekend before last my boyfriend and I bought some fish. We have a Betta which we named Sunya and we bought three Harlequin Rasboras which we have just named The Gang because we couldn’t tell them apart. They seem to be doing well so far which is good. The last time I had fish they died after a week or two. I think these ones will last longer. I have finally...
Job Fair and Walk Home
The job fair that I went to was pretty good. It was better than the last one I went to a few of weeks ago. The exhibitors really wanted to talk to us because they really want us to come work at their schools. Many of the exhibitors were giving interviews to anyone who wanted one. I did not want one but I did go talk to a few of the school boards. It was nice to see that if I am unable to get a job in my province then it shouldn’t be too difficult to get one...
Work is Fun
I have made some progress dealing with the dilemma that I mentioned last entry. But I will talk about that later. For now, I have some interesting stories to share with you. On August 13th I had probably the craziest customer at the movie theater ever. He was dressed in tight clothes and sunglasses. Reminded me of a rock star. He was very jittery and had some interesting facial expressions. I think he asked for a popcorn but I didn’t understand what he said. After I didn’t do anything he leaned in close and asked where I was hiding...
Busy Week
Last time we talked I said that I took my job back at the movies. It was great when I got it. I worked two days right after I was taken back, and then since that I haven’t had any shifts. That was okay for this week for reasons I will discuss shortly, but it’s not good now or for next week! I really need to start making some money for school. If I don’t have any shifts soon I am going to have to apply for some more jobs. And I also haven’t heard back from the bookstore,...