Drank a cup o' reality at 8:58 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2004
“Romantic Comedies: Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution.”
I have been administering a medicinal dose of Romantic Comedies this weekend. Today alone I have indulged in The Money Pit, You’ve Got Mail, and Picture Perfect. The best part is that these are movies that I have seen over and over again. I know how it all turns out and perhaps that is slightly comforting. Nice to know that someplace I know how it all turns out. Especially because in my real life I have no idea how things will turn out!
The rest of my weekend has been spent working on those annoying and time consuming job hunting tasks that I hate: Resume, Letter of Intent, Portfolio and the actual job hunting. I am dedicatedly looking for another job; in fact I look every day during my prep. (To that end I’m also looking for jobs for Mary, an Elem. teacher and Mr. Math) There just isn’t anything out there yet. Ok, that is a fib; there are jobs, just not ones that I want. What do I want in my next job?
· I don’t want to leave this sad-small-school-district to land in another just like it.
· I don’t want to teach Elementary school
· I want to keep teaching 8th grade.
· I want to be able to collaborate with teachers in the same subject area.
· I want to teach in a place that I want to live.
· I think that I want to stay in Minnesota.
The last one is probably the biggest. It is the one that I really can’t explain to my family. Sometimes I can’t explain it to myself. I keep thinking about starting over in a new place where I know no one. When I moved to this place I at least had family and a friend or two. I have visions of moving to The Cities and knowing no one. All of that makes California alluring, in that I could move to lots of places there and know lots of people. But I just don’t want to.
So, now that I am better at articulating my career goals, I need to become better at articulating where I want to achieve them. In order to do that I need to come to terms with my relationship with Minnesota. And my falling out with California.
All of this and the clock is ticking… can you hear it?
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Miss Spunky is:
a 25 year old English teacher currently on an extended adventure in Minnesota, searching for a good man with a big... truck!
I love:
My students, excessive amounts of coffee, Baja Fresh and a good hockey game.
I dislike:
Ignorance, mosquitoes, and people who write in IM and/or grammar so poor that it is clear that they are lazy. IM is LAZY, LAZY do you hear me???