And you must be the pussycats
When I took this teaching job, it was with mixed feelings; yes, if I go on to my PhD, it will be great to have already taught a lit survey. The office with the window does kick serious ass. But at the same time, there are serious downsides. The class meets at 8am T&R, which in itself is not bad -- I've taught for years at 8am. What is bad is that this schedule precludes me getting a full-time office job, because they kind of expect you to show up at 8 or 9 every morning.
So I took this pharmacy tech job that is also not enough hours to really keep my head above water, with the expectation that next semester I will teach 3 classes instead of one, each at a slightly higher rate. And I'm also dedicating every spare second to producing mini-quilts which I will hang in a local coffee shop and offer for sale.
But I must say that the teaching job is looking better and better. My office mate, for instance, is the greatest office mate you can imagine. There's only one desk in here, which would suck... if we were ever here at the same time. But I have actually never even met the woman. Why is this better than having an office completely to myself? Well, this woman apparently has magical powers of procurement. The major downside to the office was the fact that there was no computer, on account of the last guy who was in here being a serious luddite. But last week, a brand spanking new eMac showed up in our office with Magical Office Mate Lady's name on it. Thank you, MOML. I don't know how to use a Mac, but I WILL LEARN.
As if this weren't enough, today when I got here there was a brand spanking new printer box outside the door, and - voila - a brand spanking new printer on the desk. I have a printer in my office.
This state of affairs continues the long trend in my life of having kickass equipment/stuff and being poor as an inner-city church mouse. Half of the money I make teaching goes toward this wonderful health insurance, I get about $80/week at the pharmacy, and yet I'm typing on a brand new eMac with my own personal color printer.
When I took this teaching job, it was with mixed feelings; yes, if I go on to my PhD, it will be great to have already taught a lit survey. The office with the window does kick serious ass. But at the same time, there are serious downsides. The class meets at 8am T&R, which in itself is not bad -- I've taught for years at 8am. What is bad is that this schedule precludes me getting a full-time office job, because they kind of expect you to show up at 8 or 9 every morning.
So I took this pharmacy tech job that is also not enough hours to really keep my head above water, with the expectation that next semester I will teach 3 classes instead of one, each at a slightly higher rate. And I'm also dedicating every spare second to producing mini-quilts which I will hang in a local coffee shop and offer for sale.
But I must say that the teaching job is looking better and better. My office mate, for instance, is the greatest office mate you can imagine. There's only one desk in here, which would suck... if we were ever here at the same time. But I have actually never even met the woman. Why is this better than having an office completely to myself? Well, this woman apparently has magical powers of procurement. The major downside to the office was the fact that there was no computer, on account of the last guy who was in here being a serious luddite. But last week, a brand spanking new eMac showed up in our office with Magical Office Mate Lady's name on it. Thank you, MOML. I don't know how to use a Mac, but I WILL LEARN.
As if this weren't enough, today when I got here there was a brand spanking new printer box outside the door, and - voila - a brand spanking new printer on the desk. I have a printer in my office.
This state of affairs continues the long trend in my life of having kickass equipment/stuff and being poor as an inner-city church mouse. Half of the money I make teaching goes toward this wonderful health insurance, I get about $80/week at the pharmacy, and yet I'm typing on a brand new eMac with my own personal color printer.
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