A Good Week
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rumpelsnorcackI'm having a really good week this week. Things are just all clicking into place and my life feels like it has meaning again.
First, I have confirmation that my teaching registration has been updated and renewed so I can start looking around for work (relief work probably since schools are shedding students and thus teachers' jobs really fast at the moment). Now that the smallest child is at school and settled in and I've enjoyed some child-free me time I feel ready to get back out there again and actually have the time to do it now which is great.
Second, I got an email from the electoral people asking those who worked in the 2008 election to apply to work again this year. That's not guaranteed of course, but I should be able to get at least some work on the day unless I was dreadful last time (and I'm pretty sure I wasn't). I'd ideally like to do some work pre and post election too; not so much for the money, though that is nice, but because it's fascinating to see how the behind the scenes stuff works. A friend of mine did behind the scenes work last time and it was a lot of work but really interesting.
Third, I enrolled in a course at Te Wananga o Aoteraroa to do a Maori language course starting tomorrow night. It's a full time course which lasts for 36 weeks. Two of my friends are doing this already and they have really enjoyed it. I have been watching a little enviously as they converse in Maori and understand each other so when they said the Wananga was taking mid year enrolments I jumped in there. It'll be good for several reasons. 1. to be able to speak NZ's second language better, 2. it's essential now to use both Maori and English in the classroom while teaching so it will be helpful for that and 3. it's going to be fun. From the sounds of it it's a very fun course to do.
Fourth, and most frivolously, I got into the Pottermore thing last night so after they send out my welcome letter I get to play around with the site before it officially opens in October. Yay! I like playing around with new sites :)
Anyway, things are good this week and nothing quaky to mess any of that up (well a few little ones but they are so normal they don't count as 'things' anymore). This is all good stuff :)
First, I have confirmation that my teaching registration has been updated and renewed so I can start looking around for work (relief work probably since schools are shedding students and thus teachers' jobs really fast at the moment). Now that the smallest child is at school and settled in and I've enjoyed some child-free me time I feel ready to get back out there again and actually have the time to do it now which is great.
Second, I got an email from the electoral people asking those who worked in the 2008 election to apply to work again this year. That's not guaranteed of course, but I should be able to get at least some work on the day unless I was dreadful last time (and I'm pretty sure I wasn't). I'd ideally like to do some work pre and post election too; not so much for the money, though that is nice, but because it's fascinating to see how the behind the scenes stuff works. A friend of mine did behind the scenes work last time and it was a lot of work but really interesting.
Third, I enrolled in a course at Te Wananga o Aoteraroa to do a Maori language course starting tomorrow night. It's a full time course which lasts for 36 weeks. Two of my friends are doing this already and they have really enjoyed it. I have been watching a little enviously as they converse in Maori and understand each other so when they said the Wananga was taking mid year enrolments I jumped in there. It'll be good for several reasons. 1. to be able to speak NZ's second language better, 2. it's essential now to use both Maori and English in the classroom while teaching so it will be helpful for that and 3. it's going to be fun. From the sounds of it it's a very fun course to do.
Fourth, and most frivolously, I got into the Pottermore thing last night so after they send out my welcome letter I get to play around with the site before it officially opens in October. Yay! I like playing around with new sites :)
Anyway, things are good this week and nothing quaky to mess any of that up (well a few little ones but they are so normal they don't count as 'things' anymore). This is all good stuff :)
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Date: 2011-08-02 09:57 pm (UTC)