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breakinglight11) wrote2019-02-05 03:23 pm
breakinglight11) wrote2019-02-05 03:23 pm
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Two steps forward...
One step back.
It's looking like I will be returning to tutoring for the semester at Bunker Hill Community College. It's not a bad gig by any means, particularly for a writer and teacher— I'm decently good at it, plus in the downtime I can work on writing projects — and I'm incredibly grateful to Bill, the awesome person who I work for there, for being willing to help me when I need the extra work.
But it feel a little like a step backwards professionally to be returning to it. I left it initially in May 2017 because I got hired to write at Evil Overlord Games, which was a dream job, but sadly that endeavor didn't make enough money to last. I'm still in mourning over not being able to do that anymore, my favorite gig I've ever had. After that, I had two semesters where I was teaching enough college classes to not need to tutor. But as I've mentioned, I lost my North Shore classes due to low enrollment, and I don't make enough without that to just stick with my Lesley teaching.
So it's not an ideal situation. Again, I'm grateful Bill is willing to hire me back, as I need the cash. But the schedule is a little inconvenient— looks like I'll have one evening I can't schedule rehearsal as I'll be working —on top of feeling like I thought I'd secured enough teaching positions to have moved on. Ah, well. We do what we have to do. And I have other projects I'm focusing on that I'm hoping will go somewhere, so whatever pays the bills in the meantime.
It's looking like I will be returning to tutoring for the semester at Bunker Hill Community College. It's not a bad gig by any means, particularly for a writer and teacher— I'm decently good at it, plus in the downtime I can work on writing projects — and I'm incredibly grateful to Bill, the awesome person who I work for there, for being willing to help me when I need the extra work.
But it feel a little like a step backwards professionally to be returning to it. I left it initially in May 2017 because I got hired to write at Evil Overlord Games, which was a dream job, but sadly that endeavor didn't make enough money to last. I'm still in mourning over not being able to do that anymore, my favorite gig I've ever had. After that, I had two semesters where I was teaching enough college classes to not need to tutor. But as I've mentioned, I lost my North Shore classes due to low enrollment, and I don't make enough without that to just stick with my Lesley teaching.
So it's not an ideal situation. Again, I'm grateful Bill is willing to hire me back, as I need the cash. But the schedule is a little inconvenient— looks like I'll have one evening I can't schedule rehearsal as I'll be working —on top of feeling like I thought I'd secured enough teaching positions to have moved on. Ah, well. We do what we have to do. And I have other projects I'm focusing on that I'm hoping will go somewhere, so whatever pays the bills in the meantime.