My plan was to come back to Austin, work full time at Cafe Monet all summer and then move to Kerrville in the fall to get a job and be doing grad school to get my teaching certificate, even though I don't know if I want to teach. While doing all of this I planned on applying for programs like the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, YAV, etc. so I could be embarking on a new journey in the fall of 2010. I want to be in the central Texas area for the next year to be close to my friends and family for a while and get my teaching certificate so that I have some sort of edge/training that could be useful in whatever program I get accepted in to.
That was my plan and for the most part still is my plan. Right now I don't know how many hours I'm going to be able to get at Cafe Monet this summer. In April I'm only scheduled 7 hours for a two week pay period and while I know that April is the slowest month for Cafe Monet, I am still worried about what my hours will look like for the rest of the summer. So I've started looking in to other options for the summer. I applied for a few jobs I found on Craig's List (summer day camps, preschool teacher, etc.) and applied for some jobs that are open with CPS in Austin, San Antonio and Round Rock. I also applied for some jobs with Kerrville Independent School district for the fall and contacted some families from Nannies4hire about being a nanny (either full time or just for the summer).
There is one family that I am really interested in. The mom is in rehab right now so it's the Dad and Grandma taking care of the little girl (she's like 2). The Dad lives in Austin and the Grandma is back and forth between Austin, Houston, and Connecticut. The Grandfather is a professor in Switzerland (yes, that country over in Europe) and the family is looking for a nanny that would be able to accompany them back and forth to all of these places (including Europe). How awesome would that be?? I have already heard back from a couple of other families wanting to talk to me more which is encouraging but I'm hesitant to talk to them much when this is the one I really want. I'm afraid that I'll talk to a family I like and commit and then get offered something better. But I also don't want to hold out waiting for something better and nothing come along.
As far as line of work, I am pretty much open to anything right now. The grad program at Schreiner is online with one Saturday class a month so if I got accepted in to this program I would not necessarily be forced to live in Kerrville. I am most likely going to live where ever I get the best paying job with the most usable/interesting experience.
I am really excited about what is going to come next for me after this year. I am really excited about leaving the country and doing something to be helping others in some way. That's really the most generic way that I could have said that but I can't think of the right words to express it. There's so much that I want to do with my life and I really feel like this would be the first step towards that. I want to be giving. I want to be helping. I want to be making a difference. I want to be forced out of my comfort zone. I want to be experiencing something different. I don't want to just live a normal old life. I want to make an impact on the lives of others, make them better in some way. I haven't figured out exactly how yet so I think this is a good starting point for me. I don't want to come back from this experience (what ever it may be) and just slip into the working world and blend in with everyone else. Blah. I want my life to mean something.
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