I Was in Love With the Place In My Mind

I live in Chicago now, which is great. I think I've been excited to get back here ever since I left a couple of Augusts ago. The city doesn't dissapoint, though I haven't had the time yet to revisit more than a couple of my favorite nooks and crannies.

We've been here for a week now, which is just long enough to begin to be discouraged about looking for a job. My personal situation always makes it a bit complicated for me to find the kind of work that I really want. I have a degree in Biology, which is basically useless. I have two and a half years of experience teaching math in a private school, but no education degree or school certification that would be necessary to quickly and easily find work here. I have a year of experience teaching English to non-native speakers, children specifically, but again no relevant degree or certification, and no experience teaching adults, which is the most likely student group for ESL here.

All that means that though I may be a good teacher, I basically don't have a great resume or striking credentials. The Special Olympics would probably call me "differently abled," and if that title would help me find a job, I would probably use it.

Which leads to the borders-on-desperation thought that I might have to fall back on my previous Chicago work experience in retail banking. If I end up on that route, I could save money for a while and then send myself back to school for some actual education degree. So that wouldn't be the end of the world.

But, man, moving and finding a job. Ugh. Once I get something, I'm staying put here for a while.

In other, more upbeat news, here's what I got my mom for her birthday. When it comes to brownies, she's a corner-lover, so I think she's gonna like it.

Currently listening : Home By Dixie Chicks Release date: 27 August, 2002