So I haven't posted here for quite awhile. I found that, once I got out of the habit, I didn't really feel a need to update anymore. It seems to be the same for most of the people I used to follow regularly, mostly my real life friends. I still do check my friends list every day, especially since I've added a lot of communities to it. I used to ( Read more... )

Grr. I hate having my family members as landlords. Or, specifically, my stepdad who is a union rep and used to getting his way by being belligerent and condescending to people sucks as a landlord. Besides the general disarray and general griminess of the house when we moved in, or the fact that my mom and stepdad never actually moved their stuff ( Read more... )

Well, my first week of City of Lakes AmeriCorps training is over. I am feeling a little excited and a little afraid for the coming year. I think it will be rewarding and sometimes fun, but it also sounds like tutoring at-risk kids is going to be hard. I'm also excited for after school activities, because I've decided that I'm going to try to do ( Read more... )

Grr. So I had a group interview on Friday for the AmeriCorps position I wanted and have sort of been counting on. Well, that was a bit of a mistake. Maybe. I just got a call from them and I am on the waiting list. At the top of the waiting list, sure, but still. Waiting list. Grrr. Now I'm uncertain all over again and I have no backup. ( Read more... )

So I'm 95% sure I'll be tutoring with the Minneapolis School District as an AmeriCorps member. I had a phone interview and it went well, and then she emailed me to let me know that my reference wasn't getting back to her and said "We'd like to keep the process moving for you!" So this is good news, but training, and thus income, doesn't start ( Read more... )

Yeah, so, here I am, sitting at home working on my resume instead of at Berlitz training. I really think it was the right decision. One more time of hearing, "Remember, your first responsibility is to the company paying for the classes, not the student," plus finally getting a look at the teacher's manual, and I was pretty convinced this wasn't ( Read more... )

Ugh. I don't know what to do. Today was day two of my training with Berlitz, and I'm not sure if I want to keep on with it. It's a week of unpaid training and once you complete training, you're employed as an English instructor with them. It's pretty overwhelming, being expected to teach after only a week of training, plus he goes over the ( Read more... )

So I'm a little behind in reading everyone's posts, and I would probably have some comments, but they'll come after I'm home from Mexico. Or possibly before, I guess, because I'm on my own from 8:30-2 every day while Erika is in her Spanish classes. It's a silly situation: I studied abroad in this city for three weeks a few years ago and part of ( Read more... )

Jeez, whoever said cats were independent never met these three. When my brother's not here, his cat joins my two cats in following me around. Right now I'm sitting cross-legged on the bed and Tashi is in the space between my legs, Alamo is cuddled up next to me with her front half leaning on my left leg using Tashi's butt as a pillow, and Mao ( Read more... )

You know what? Fuck you, swine flu. I'm still going to Mexico. You've got nothing on the common flu. It kills 36,000 every year, and you've got what, 30? I'm probably more likely to get hit by a car, right? But, in all seriousness, we're kind of just in a wait-and-see stage, but I sure hope this is over by May 30th ( Read more... )