Since graduating from Earlham in may, I feel like the good majority of my time (aside from applying to grad schools and visiting with people) has been spent looking for the one job that is going to be PERFECT (and by "perfect" I guess I just mean "makes me the happiest") for me in the time that I have at home before grad. school in the fall. I had a job over the summer that only lasted like 4 weeks as an assistant to a social worker and the district reading specialist in a classroom helping kids who were going into 1st and 2nd grade but weren't academically or socially ready. I also around this time got a job working at the Board of Ed. in my town for two women that run a tutoring program, just doing little things around the office (i.e. making copies, putting packets together, folding brochures, stuffing envelopes, adding contacts to the computer, helping out at tutor training sessions, etc.). When the school year started in september, I became a volunteer tutor for them as well, tutoring a 9th grader in spanish. I still work for them now, and they really only call me in whenever they need me, which is good because it means that I at least have something to do when I go in, but bad because it means that I hardly ever go in. At most, I'll go in a couple days a week for several weeks at a time, and then not at all for at least a month. I probably should have quit this job by now, but I'm pretty sure it pays better than my job at Arturo's (the pizza place) does. More about Arturo's in a bit. I guess there really isn't much else to say about my job at the Board of Ed. I like the ladies that I work with. They are nice, and I can tell they like me too...so it's all good.
In an effort to try and get a job during the day, I applied to be a substitute teacher in my district. One of the teachers at the middle school I attended (Yes, I still go back to visit my middle school...I like to make the teachers feel old, what can I say??) suggested it, and I thought it would be a good idea at the time, so I decided to go ahead with it. It was a lengthy process that I'd rather not go into here. To make a long story short, I am finally on the sub list, but there's some thing online that I have to register for and I tried to do it but it wouldn't let me. Basically, I'm not really sure that I want to do it anymore. I just tried the online thing again, and apparently now it's working (maybe it wasn't working before when I tried because it was christmas vacation. ::shrug::). Ok. Correction: I'm not so sure that my mom wants me to do it anymore. I mean I need to find / have some kind of job / some kind of way to get out of the house during the day so I'm not sitting around doing nothing at home for the next 8 or so months. I mean I do have several vacations planned so far (I'm leaving for Cali on sunday to visit my cousin who I haven't seen in like forever, and then in february over president's week my mom wants to go to FL) but still...I need something that is going to get me out of the house for most of the day EVERY DAY (except for weekends) so that I can maintain my sanity. For some reason this puts my mom in a weird position / mood (I want to say it makes her angry / upset...but I can't understand why it would, and when I try to tell her that / ask her why / what the problem is she says she's not and that there is none). This goes generally for all of the "other jobs" I have applied for (aside from Arturo's and Acting with Emily--which I will talk about soon).
So I continued to search for a job, and the one that I got was working a couple nights a week at a pizza place (Arturo's). It's an okay job so far, but I'd definitely rather be working during the day. Before Arturo's, I applied to Trader Joe's and Target, but never heard anything from them. I also applied to another job at a restaurant in one of the surrounding towns at around the same time I applied to Arturo's, but I never heard from them either. Basically, when I started off at Arturo's, I did a monday night and two wednesdays. They said they were trying to get it so that I could work friday and saturday (which are the 2 busiest nights of the week for them). I figured that they'd probably have me work a couple more mondays and wednesdays (since I can never work on tuesdays and thursdays due to jazzercise and church choir--things I have to do in order to keep my sanity--honestly, I don't know what I would do without singing and exercise) and maybe some sundays, because even though I am free during the day, they have really only had me working at night so far. However, I was wrong. After that one monday and the two wednesdays I worked a saturday for like 2 hours, and then a friday and a saturday for 4 hours each. This week they have me scheduled for saturday from 5 PM to close (which is like 10 or 11 PM) but I'm willing to bet you they'll probably send me home around 9 again.
I dunno. I guess I shouldn't really be complaining about the hours. I think the only thing that is really bothering me about this job is the fact that it's at night. I would so quit right now (or at least give my two weeks notice) if I knew for sure that I had something else to go to that was going to be a consistent weekly thing (aka monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday from whatever time to whatever time, or even just monday wednesday friday from whatever time to whatever time). I don't want to give my two weeks notice and have nowhere to go after two weeks. ::SHRUG:: There is actually another thing that kind of bothers me about this job at Arturo's. I feel like I shouldn't really be complaining about this either, but anyway: when I went for an interview and asked them what my job was going to be, they just told me that I was going to be setting and clearing tables, seating people, and bringing them their food. When I actually started working for them I was doing those things at first, but then they wanted me to start answering phones / taking phone orders (they did train me a little on how to do this...but still...they kind of expected me to do it right away). They also had me polishing silverware (which I don't mind...but it was not in my original job description). Now I understand that Arturo's is not your typical restaurant (it is way smaller than most restaurants, and guests aka customers order at the counter instead of having their order taken) but still. Most restaurants I know of have waitresses and hostesses / hosts who pretty much just waitress and hostess / host. I mean, I don't really know the inner workings of any other restaurant aside from Arturo's...so maybe I shouldn't really be talking. ::SHRUG::
In other job related news, I started working at an acting studio today!!! :D I am assisting a woman named Betsy who teaches a class for 3-6 year olds called storybook theater that takes place on wednesdays from 3:15-4:15. I am also helping kids on thursdays for an hour between classes with homework and stuff. That starts tomorrow and should be a piece of cake. I love kids. And acting. And women named Emily who run acting studios (aka my boss...her name is Emily Bauer :D). Today there was a circus theme in storybook theater, so we had the kids acting as ring masters, walking on a blue line on the floor that was supposed to be a tight rope, pretending to be lions, tigers, seals and other animals, as well as clowns (complete with red noses :P). Did I mention that I love kids?? There are about 11 kids in the class...8 or 9 girls, and 2 or 3 boys. They are all soo cute!!! :D Ok...I'll stop rambling about little kids now :D
In other other job related news, there is a clothing store in my town that is hiring so I went in and gave the lady all my info and she gave me her card, but I haven't heard from her yet. I think I'm going to call her tomorrow, though, just to see what's going on, and to inform her of my trip to Cali (in case she decides she wants me to work for her and needs me next week).
I think that's all the news I have for right now on the job front. I will write more soon about life in general.
--Emily
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