The Rundown

Man, it's been a while, so let me just post a quick rundown of all the goings-on in my life since the last blog post:

1. I quit Shur Fine. Huzzah! I'm substitute teaching now, making more than double what I did at SF, getting called almost every day. Preliminary caculations put me at ~$450 for the last 2 weeks, but I haven't gotten my paycheck yet. Also, I was in Geneseo Monday and Tuesday, but they called for me Tuesday so I could have made another ~$75. Plus, I love what I'm doing, and that's the real important thing.

2. My plans for the future are both more and less certain by the day. I'm becoming more firmly entrenched in my conviction to teach, but the question of how to get certified is haunting me daily. I wanted to go to grad school at first, but there are a million programs that put potential teachers in urban schools where they're needed, and arrange for them to get certified while actually working. On top of that, I'm considering going into TESL/TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I'm finding that my Spanish is still pretty solid, maybe enough to get into some college-level classes after some brushing up.

3. I am in love with two French singers. Carla Bruni, who I think sounds a lot like Norah Jones, and Jeanne Cherhal , who defies comparison to any American singer I can think of. They both melt my soul, and make me want to learn French. And I used to hate French.

4. I got a new pair of jeans... OK, I'm reaching now. Not a lot has happened, but it feels like a lot.