it’s official: i have lost my mind. it’s so bad at this point that i didn’t realize until 4:00 pm today that it was Thursday. seriously. and that i had to be at class half an hour from then. and that i was an hour away from class. yeah. not so great. at that point i also realized that i didn’t do my homework assignment. at that point, i decided it would be a good idea to stop at sonic and get a nice, cold drink. so i did. and it WAS a good idea.
anyway, it ended up being my last class tonight, as i found out at the end of class, that LAST WEEK (when i wasn’t in class because i was taking my big state-wide teacher certification test) she cancelled NEXT week’s class. making tonight our last class meeting. AND i’m supposed to have class on Monday, but i won’t be there because i have to be in new york for the deposition. holla. no more grad classes for me until spring 2008!!! i am SO taking a break. no summer and no fall classes. although it would probably make sense to take some summer classes since they’re so quick. but i am just so burnt out right now, i just don’t know if i can do it.
i also don’t know how i’m going to make money this summer. i ALSO don’t know where the fuck i’m going to be working in the fall, but that’s another story. one of my student’s moms wants me to watch her kids 2 or 3 days a week during the summer, so that’s cool, but it won’t be enough to really live on, ya know? And i just feel bad that C has been paying our rent on his own for a few months now. i’m thinking about:
a) trying to get hired at a tutoring center
b) trying to advertise myself as a private tutor up at the school
c) waiting tables (please God, no)
d) barnes & noble (only $7/hour)
thoughts? opinions? want to call the principal at the school where i student taught and tell him if he doesn’t hire me, he’s a damn idiot? no? ok, well, anyway…
the GOOD NEWS is…
C is giving his notice at work tomorrow!!! he’s also getting a $4,000 bonus!!! kind of ironic, but he doesn’t feel bad because it’s a bonus for 2006, not this year. (umm, i can think of a great way to spend that bonus…AHEM…ring…but i don’t think i even need to mention this to him, because it’s something he is quite aware of. heh.
so yeah, he’s going to go back to work for his old company for a while, or at least until he hears back from the government. freaking government. they’re just not in a hurry about anything. it’s so funny because my dad has worked for the govt. for 40 years, and tonight he was telling me that they’re laying off a lot of people, and i said, well then why are they interested in hiring C? and he said, no, that’s a different department from mine! that’s auditing, they need lots of people, and bad! and my mom and i both said: well, they can’t need people THAT bad, can they?! i mean honestly. i think C finished his application with the government (which is more intricate than i would wish on anyone who is job-hunting) back in DECEMBER. for GOD’S SAKE, people! but yet they’ve told my dad that they are REALLY interested in hiring him. four months later, i’m wary. my dad does say that “the government is just slow.” thanks, dad.
we’re watching the Mavericks game, and C is spontaneously shouting profanities. i can only hope our walls are thick…i must say, the Mavs have been extremely disappointing in this series against freaking golden state. i mean, wtf? grow a freaking pair and take the ball to the hole, for god’s sake. is it just me, or does that team look a little…ex-con-ish? that one dude w/the tattoos has this totally shitty look on his face, you know the kind, like he’s just a no good SOB. anyway, maybe i’m just bitter that they might actually knock us out of the finals.
you know what would be really great? if i could get hired by enough people to sing at weddings this summer, so that i really didn’t have to do much else. freakin’ a. i am incredibly lazy right now. i told my dad tonight that if they would just support me for the summer, that’d i’d totally go and clean out their garage and price everything for the garage sale. he didn’t really buy that bargain. at all. i mean, it’s not like they are EVER going to get around to taking care of that garage, so i figured maybe it would be worth it to him. heh. guess not.
dammitall. i’m gonna have to get a job. i hate working. let’s revolt against civilization. has anybody read Ishmael by Daniell Quinn? i’m currently reading My Ishmael, the sequel, and it’s really good, too. makes you think a lot about our way of life.
love ya, mean it.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Way to throw down the gauntlet, G! I keep thinking I need to update, and then I don’t. You know how it is. Anyway, I vote for “wedding singer” as your summer occupation. And congratulations on being done with classes until next year–that must be a relief! Take care, and don’t let The Man get you down!