you can’t tell anything from the instructional vacancy website, i’ve decided.  those seven (7) jobs have cut down to four, three have gone away, INCLUDING the two that called me, one of which i have yet to interview for.  does that mean what? that the interview is just for the numbers?  that there is no reason for the timing of the appearances and non-appearances of the job postings? what? i was supposed to interveiew for one of them this afternoon, but the interview was moved to friday morning. now i don’t know if it’s even necessary, but i’m not gonna worry about it, truly.  i will drive down there at 7:30 friday morning, before i go to the studio.  and then i will just continue on with the substituting.

today was the shadwoing day, during which i sat in a class of 12 1st graders (it’s august, they’ve been in first grade for three weeks and they’re absolutely adorable angels.) life is good!  i read with some of them, mostly i just watched.  this school is about four blocks from my house and some say they need subs often.  so we shall see, it would be great if i could actually stay in the neighborhood.  i loved it!  there were only 12 because almost half of them weren’t there, probably because of the ernesto confusion, which never materialized at all.

when i came home i was able to find my transcripts, which i hope to be able to fax to them from the training center tomorrow so i can get the correct pay rate, which i discovered this morning has been raised to $9.21 per hour.  this is good too, feels much better than just-under-$9.  i’ve half a mind to concentrate on the subbing for awhile, since i can live on it (along with the rec) if i can get it steady, which everybody says i can.  if i don’t get work for tuesday, i will go around to the local schools and introduce myself.  but i sure hope i’m working somewhere on tuesday!