Got a part-time job! First day of the rest of my life! Need some pawsitive thoughts!

[mrspunkysmom]

I had the district interview and the lady sent me right to one of the high schools to meet the substitute liaison. Because of my 25 years of experience, I don't have to attend the normal training classes. Financial paperwork is all filled out. The business manager was helpful, too, with planning for my retirement. It appears I have to work the last 5 years in a permanent position before I actually retire in order to qualify for health and life insurance benefits. So
I can't substitute my way to retirement

It seems they have a shortage of certified substitute teachers and no certified math substitutes. I enjoyed meeting the second lady at the high school. T

The sad part is that this district pays little more than minimum wage for certified substitutes. I am hoping to turn this into an opportunity to get a full time position. In the meantime I will be looking outside the education field for better paying jobs.

It seems that my boss never sent a reference for me. A friend who was also a supervisor sent in a reference. I hope that this new situation as a substitute doesn't get screwed up.

The other long term position person did not call back and the position in another district was already taken. I am assuming I am persona non gratis (sp?) in my old system.

[mrspunkysmom]

sigh

[mrspunkysmom]

Lillycat and Phesina, thank you for your encouraging words.

[mrspunkysmom]

Thank you both! I keep applying. I might have to move, but I will do what I can to make sure my kitties and myself are safe.

[mrspunkysmom]

Got an interview in Charleston tomorrow. The email I got through the automated system says 30 minutes. I hope I don't drive 5 hours for just a 30 minute interview especially i he's already selected his person.

So I'm keeping positive thoughts. Wish me luck to get the job and hope that I can have two weeks to get moved.

[Karen]

Sounds good, positive thoughts on the way, now study up a bit on Charleston history so you can have something to say about why you want to move there - and something to do once the interview is over, after making that drive!

[Lillycat]

.......prayers going with you all the way.....best of luck!!!

[robinh]

Saying a prayer that it goes well.

[mrspunkysmom]

Sounds good, positive thoughts on the way, now study up a bit on Charleston history so you can have something to say about why you want to move there - and something to do once the interview is over, after making that drive!

Great idea. I had already planned to go early so that I could tour the island and to leave some leeway in caeof traffic along the interstate.

[Karen]

Great idea. I had already planned to go early so that I could tour the island and to leave some leeway in caeof traffic along the interstate.

Found a good site - http://www.charlestoncvb.com/ - and it includes history and "what to see/do" - in case this will help!

[mrspunkysmom]

Found a good site - http://www.charlestoncvb.com/ - and it includes history and "what to see/do" - in case this will help!

Thanks. Wish I had checked back in last night.

Interview lasted an hour, 30 minutes longer than planned. The principal, his assistant Prin. and the Math chair were in there. In reflection, it was not my best interview, but definitely not my worst. I do not like interviews and am not myself in them. AT least this time I wasn't nervous. There were a couple of questions I could have answered better or clearer. And as usual, when I am explaining how I do things, I find that I answer some questions before asked.

I won't know until Tuesday.

The island is busy and congested. You wouldn't know you were on an island. The bridge is short and the traffic so heavy I would not have realized that I was on an island if there wasn't a sign on the bridge. Very humid there, though.

I am actually more worried about this silly PIN I was wearing on my "jacket". It's a loose gauze over another tank type shirt. I put a blue salamander pin on it to hold it closed. It fell off in the parking lot and I put it back on. The tail had broken off but I didn't notice until afterward. I just hope they don't think I didn't care. In my tired and weird sense of humor, I wondered if the tail could row back.

Edit: row (boat) should be grow. I might have been thinking of that deluge that affronted those of us on I 26 just as I leaving Charleston. We we literally stopped in our tracks. It only covered a small area a mile or so up the road, but we were going 10 miles per hour when we were moving, so it was at least a half hour until I discovered the problem.

I'm just glad my bra didn't unsnap until dinner at cracker barrel. I've been thinning some if not losing pounds and I guess didn't have it tight enough this morning.

Pretty area though.

I'm ambivalent about this. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not.

[mrspunkysmom]

Tomorrow I go in to observe. Get some textbooks, look at others plans and etc.

Monday morning I speak with insurance people.

Monday afternoon 11:20 I think I have my first class.

Friday is the Birthday! Taking it off.

[Karen]

Sounds good, good luck with everything, hope it goes smoothly!

[mrspunkysmom]

yes, it does. That's okay.

I'm being Silly. I have to have a birth certificate to be employed in this district. I guess my 40 year old SSN card (I'm older) isn't good enough. So the last time i used that card was 1978 to get my license. At least I that was the last time I used my birth certificate. I've seen it since. I might have used it when mom passed to prove my existence.

So, of course, I cannot find it now. I'm not losing a job over a certificate, so I just ordered one or two.

What's funny is I have the actual hospital records of my birth with discharge papers. I hope the lady inn payroll will accept the records in lieu of certificate until it arrives.