The wait for a job is (potentially) over - thank God

[RTSDaddy2]

EDIT: Heard from the school yesterday 12/10 - things are still good, but position may not be available until after 1/1/08.  Will keep updates here.

Well, after 10 months, my job search is ending.  Sometime next week I expect to be in a classroom teaching science.  It's not my top choice, but I'm honestly out of time to look.  We have through the end of January and at that point it's either find something or file Chapter 13.   

We've had to cash out two retirement accounts just to stay afloat since September (don't be alarmed, they were very small accounts and all the money went to bills). It broke our hearts, but as a friend told us "Bad news: you no longer have the accounts. Good news: God provided the money for you when you needed it to keep your home and your cars at least."  It's a good, and valid point.  We learned we're not the only ones in that boat either, so that made us feel a little better.

When I resigned my position in January, I would have never thought about being out of work for this long.  The jobs are out there, it was simply that no one would hire me - or that I never could get the first interview to begin with.

I just wanted to offer my thanks to all of you who've kept my family in your thoughts, as well as those who offered advice during a very trying time in my life.  I think I've said it before, but being out of work is bad enough by itself....being out of work with a wife and child dependent on you to provide for them is worse.  Yes, my wife could have found a job, but we made a decision about a year and a half ago that our daughter needs a mommy at home with her more than she needs a working mom.   As long as we could afford that, I wanted to keep it that way.  This new job will allow us to do so.

Actually, my wife has taken a part time job at a day care center just around the corner from our house.  It's not much, but it will help pay groceries, and our kid gets to play there free so we can't beat that.

We have a lot of financial rebuilding to do - it will be a slow process, but again, thank God the money was there for us to use and that we did not lose our house.

Thanks again for your support!    

[saint]

Great news, glad to hear it!

[Dervacumen]

Sincere congratulations!

I wish you guys all the best with the future.  And not just because of all the tips and direction about the Wii!

[bfauska]

Congratulations and good luck with the new job.  Hopefully it will be more rewarding than you expect (since it's not your 1st choice) and also allow you to return to and/or keep the lifestyle you are accustomed to.

[Havok]

See? I told you to stop picking your nose in interviews, and look! You get a job!

 

Seriously though, that's great news - I'm glad you are getting back on your feet...

 

[Thenasty]

Good things happens to those who wait.......Oh, wait a minute, you weren't waiting.....

Great things happens to those who have alot of patience.....Ah~ thats more like it..... 

You got 10 months for Playing, watching, building.....so your cab should be all FINISH 



***Congrats on your new job***  Don't pass that student cause he is a BYOAC member or a MAMER 

[shardian]

Congrats on the job!

For some reason, I thought I remembered a thread where you got a music teaching job this past summer though. What happened to that?

[ChadTower]

It broke our hearts, but as a friend told us "Bad news: you no longer have the accounts. Good news: God provided the money for you when you needed it to keep your home and your cars at least."  It's a good, and valid point. 

Serious, heartfelt congrats on the job.  Few things are harder than the impotence of long term unemployment while your family's home is on the line.

One comment:  God didn't provide that money.  You provided that money when you put it into those 401ks.  You made the active decision to save and when you needed it the money was there.  Thank yourself.  Don't short yourself the credit for that.  Don't feel bad about it either.  When I was unemployed a few years ago we zeroed out our retirement accounts (which wasn't all that much for us either) because we needed the money.

[clanggedin]

I commend you that you were able to stay jobless for so long. I quit my job on Tuesday and asked for my job back on Thursday (I'm a wuss). I only had to spend one day at home to go stir crazy.

Congrats on finding a job. It's not as easy as you think.

[shmokes]

Yeah . . . I'm with Chad.  If you're not going to give god credit for putting you in the ---smurfy--- position to begin with, I don't know why you'd give her credit for the money to get out of it (unless that money came from an unexpected inheritance or some other windfall).

It's good to hear that things are looking up for you, though.  The "potentially" in the title sucks.  Hopefully that doesn't mean anything.

[RTSDaddy2]

Shmokes, that's just my own pessimistic attitude showing through.  Don't sweat it too much.  I hate science....but I'm mentally preparing myself for this change.  The school and I agreed to do this on an interim basis until everyone was comfortable with it (including me - in other words, if I just hate it I don't HAVE to stay with it).  I know it's goofy to say so, but I'm really glad things are like that at the beginning.  That said, you have to know I'm going to be pouring my heart and soul in to being the best science teacher they've ever seen. 

Sharidan, I don't recall exactly which position you're referring to...I have been trying to start my own piano teaching business, and am still pursuing that.  I only have one student, however, for the time being so that has not been very profitable.   Anything else, whatever it was, was given to someone else.

Chad, Shmokes,   I do see your point about the finances.  For what it's worth, I'll likewise say yes, God did put me in this place. I won't go into anymore detail here, that's a discussion best served for PnR, in my opinion.  Just understand that I do see your points and do agree with them to a point.

I'm just glad we had the money.  While I'm at it, I continue to pursue my dream of music teacher;  I am 6 points away from being certified in the state of Georgia to teach music.  Will have to retake part one of the test, may do so in January, and then hopefully I will be fully certified in the field.  There is no limit as to how many times I can take it, so obviously I'll take it til I pass it....I just hope it'll be done soon! 

[ChadTower]

I hate science....

God did put me in this place.

Interesting.

[polaris]

I hate science....

God did put me in this place.

Interesting.

gonna make for an awesome lesson on darwin

rts though seriously, good luck with the job and future piano plans, im just having a go at moonlight sonata , any tips?

[RTSDaddy2]

I hate science....

God did put me in this place.

Interesting.

gonna make for an awesome lesson on darwin

Yes, it most certainly will, seeing as how I'll be teaching evolution in a Christian school.

Chad, just for the record, once again you're trying to make too much out of my comment, I think. ...maybe not....but it bears an explanation.  When I say I hate science,  I mean I've hated taking the classes ever since I've been in school.  I just find the study of it to  be boring as hell.   

The application of it?  The hands on stuff? Believe it or not, I actually like that part and so that's a different deal all together, and I hope I can do a good enough job there to encourage the next possible great scientific mind to continue on, no matter how many boring lectures must come before they get to mess with test tubes, etc. 

As far as Moonlight Sonata goes, I'll think on it - too tired to be of much help now.

[ChadTower]

I took high school science classes at a Catholic high school.  Looking back it's bemusing to think of all of the common topics they specifically avoided and the ones where they limited what they covered to what could be spun how they wanted it.  I wonder if they'll make RTS do that.

[RTSDaddy2]

Interesting where this thread's going...

At any rate, I jumped the gun a bit - current science teacher will finish out this current semester, so the EARLIEST I could probably hope to start would be first of the year....and they have not made a decision yet (though they said the ball was in my court and I told them officially to consider me Monday).

In the meantime, I keep looking I suppose.  Am inquiring after a couple of volleyball positions, one here near home and one in North Dakota.  Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Recently I've tried Circuit City, Best Buy, Borders, Toys R Us, etc. and at least 30 schools in my county alone.  Nothing....I mean nothing.

Here's the funny part - if I was supposed to quit teaching, which some friends have suggested, looks like something else would open up, right?  Well guess what - only jobs I get interviews for are for TEACHING! Want to talk confused person here - I'm just at a loss.

Didn't mean to ramble so much - just find getting all this off my chest good medicine.  In the mean time, keep good thoughts for us - we're not out of the woods yet!

[RTSDaddy2]

Pinball,

I am CONSTANTLY looking for work. I'm not just sitting at home on my assets.  Temporary, full time, whatever.  Right now it's at a point that whoever comes calling for my services first gets me.  If you'll read my posts again, you'll see that I have been, it's just that for reasons I do not understand I can't get anybody to hire me for temporary stuff even.  I applied with a temp agency here in town and they have not called with even a SNIFF at a match (mercifully I'm not having to pay them anything or I'd  be really ticked!)!

There are quite a number of places to look for teaching jobs here - I say this just to state that they are so numerous I can't keep up....and may have missed a job as a choral director for a local private school.  That WILL make me sick if I did (was posted on Nov. 13th - hopefully still open).