For some reason the school Gods have blessed us this year. The transition back to school has gone amazingly well. Especially considering my son went from a shortened schedule to a full day this year. So far so good...are you running to knock on wood? Oh wait, I'm not superstitious, forget the wood. There are still bullying issues in the middle school, 5 days of school, 2 episodes. I have decided to track the episodes on my ketchup only blog. Although 2 out of 5 might seem bad to you, last year it was EVERY DAY...several times a day...so really...so far so good.
I am feeling totally overwhelmed with my internship at this point and find myself turning away new clients every week despite adding 3 more sessions to my schedule. That is a bit frustrating but promising too :) This week I am going to start applying for new jobs. S-C-A-R-Y! I know Harlem has some new Elementary counseling positions I'm looking at and I'm going to apply at the Autism School to see if I can get hired in to run parenting groups and children's groups there...for pay! I can't really imagine doing social work for pay. I find it so fun and rewarding, that it seems odd people actually get paid for that. Especially since I've done it for over a year for free! Oh wait...Actually I paid to be able to work for free. Oh the joy of internships. I'm placing my second to last book order today which is astounding to me. It just doesn't seem possible that it is almost over. And yes, I'm glad, and no I won't miss it. I am also looking forward to a job that doesn't require me to be up at 5. I have become a morning person because I had to...but it's really not me. I'd like to go back to the 'don't talk to me before 9:00 person' I used to be, the one that could be up til 2AM to putz around on whatever project was undone at the time. I'd like my kids to eat home cooked meals. And me too! I am such a fast food freak I never really thought I'd tire of it, but man am I tired of it!
Can you hear it? The winds of change are blowing again...and I'm ready to set sail...
3 comments:
Good luck looking for a new job!!
I'm sorry about the bullying. I had issues with "mean girls" in my school and it was total hell. I will probably flip out if one of my kids has to go through that. It's tough, I know.
You know what? Being a children's counselor is so important that you deserve pay. If only to ensure you have the resources to keep helping kids!
You're lucky, Jacque! You can foresee to have many jobs projects and changes. Here, that just can't be considered. We can't even plan to leave big cities because elsewhere job carreers are stopped.Even in these big cities, when you manage to be employed somewhere, you 'grab' your job, praying to never experiment any change in your company, that would mean redundancy. No expetation about employment in France. Even our young adults are endless students because they can't find any job concerning their capacities, so, instead of being unemployed people, they stay at parents home, they keep studying with no dream . That's what you have and what we need, DREAMS, projects. They can't even imagine to create their own family in that conditions. This limitation of view is so heavy to begin in ones life.
With your dynamism, I'm sure you'll be a fantastic counselor for parents and children's group. Your positive mind is communicative, they'll find resources at your side with your energy.
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