A Good Week

[rumpelsnorcack]

I'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 :)

Comments

[zeborah]

Ooh, can we practice Te Reo a bit together sometimes? I took stage 1 a few years ago and have picked up some vocab since, but would really like to be more confident in actually using it.

[promethia_tenk]

All caught up! You know, you warned me for angst, but I think on average your posts have gotten far more positive, even going back a few months. I don't know how much that's an accurate reflection, but it does make me hopeful for you *squish* And it's wonderful to hear so many things are slotting into place for you this week! *crosses fingers for continued good news*

And your trip to Brisbane sounds like it was a good break. Everything I know about that city I learned in your post, but it looks beautiful. I like curves toooo! (although they do play hell with navigation :-\ )

Good luck with everything, and with your language class! That sounds like a great thing to pursue. I had no idea Maori was so widely used in NZ, with a lot of bilingual education and such--that's really cool.

[katdakiwi.livejournal.com]

Yay I'm really glad things are going well for you and yay for studying!

[sea_thoughts]

Congratulations on learning another language, so jealous about Pottermore!

[lorelaisquared.livejournal.com]

YAY I'm so glad things are good right now.

[janemarple9.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased that things are slipping into "normality" rumpel xxx and YAY for pottemore!