Two steps forward, two steps back.
I decided today that I would start looking at jobs for summer camp counselors-- I loved summer camp as a kid, and I love kids, I think it would be a lot of fun! I started by e-mailing First Baptist, where I went to pre-school and summer camp and was a junior counselor to see if they still had openings, and then went on to check out a lot of the Girl Scout camps since that was my other experience. I remember hating a couple of my counselors, but I loved the rest-- the ones that actually cared about us and weren't there (we found out later) just to steal all the a/v equipment... apparently they didn't do such great background checks 15 years ago!
Well, I got fantastic news-- First Baptist (which is right up the street) hasn't filled all their positions yet!! I'm going in probably Thursday morning for an interview, and I'm hoping that I'll totally ace it and they'll hire me straight up. I know you don't make tons of money as a counselor, but since most camps generally pay $7-10/hr I'm sure FBC will meet that standard and it'll land me $250-400 a week depending. I'm really excited, it would be a challenge since I've had a pretty sedentary life for the last nine months or so, but it would be a good challenge. There would be a good chance to get some physical activity in and make some new friends, and try to make summer camp as awesome for some of these kids as it was for me.
Of course, after this great news, I went out aaaand my car won't start. The starter is dead. Now, it's something David thinks he can fix, but it's still something else that I have to buy and even though I'm not quite rolling in it, I was getting to a point where I was managing things quite well! I shake my fist at you universe!
Work was actually good, even though I only made $1. Derek stopped by, who is really quite awesome. He works at Palate right now, but he's had a pretty varied history. Got his BA in English, went through and got his Masters and PhD as well, so we talked a lot about literature and different classes-- it was really awesome. When he taught, he did a class on literature and film, and he specialized in American Lit, specifically Faulkner who is one of my favorite American authors ever. Most nights that pull so low don't have such great company, but I really loved just hanging out with Jon and Derek.
Anyway, I'm off to try to go to bed. I have to get up and clean the stove, do some room stuff, dress up my resume, and get some festive socks for work....
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!! Erin Go Bragh!
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