A LITTLE EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

As you know, Tim has been working as the recreation leader at a local after school program and subbing in classrooms as often as he gets called in.  Although he still doesn't have a full-time job that will support our family, things have improved a little bit.  He is no longer a recreation leader, but has been working for the last week as an interim site director for the after school program at another school in the district. The position is five days a week, compared to four days as a recreation leader at the first school, goes a little longer each day, and pays more.  The bummer is that he can no longer accept full-day sub jobs.  The obvious benefit is that it's an increase of stable income.

As happy as I am about a little more job stability, I confess I'm having a bit of a hard time with the fact that it would take 2-3 days as the site supervisor to earn the same amount of money as one day as a classroom sub and I was kinda discouraged when he had to turn down a sub job on Monday.  However, the logical part of my brain realizes that we have to take whatever job we can count on, which means choosing a stable job that pays less over an unpredictable job that pays more.  Incidentally, he didn't get a single sub job last week.  This week, despite the job he had to turn down on Monday, he's had morning sub jobs yesterday and today, which he can do and still get to his after school program in time.  

That's not all, though  He also has another job that started last week.  Two nights a week he is working for a local district program.  I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I think he's primarily teaching technology skills to middle and high school students.  The bummer is that there are two days a week that our kids don't see him outside of breakfast, but we'll survive.  We went through all of last year without him really being around, so at least this is only a couple days a week and he's getting paid for it.  The good thing, again, is that it's some more dependable income.  

Needless to say, the days where Tim gets a morning sub job, works at the after school program, then does the evening program are very long days for him.  Like thirteen hour days.  But, it's work and we're thankful!