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feeling lazy
May. 9th, 2004 05:33 pmWeekends are nice. But when the whole week begins to feel like a weekend, it's not as nice. I really want a summer job of some kind, as does Michael, and that's been the most popular discussion topic around here for the past several days. But it's getting worn out and I am impatient to find the perfect job or have it fall in my lap. Sigh.
I really want to work with kids, and if I could just find two or three steady babysitting jobs, that would be ideal. Today I realized I just need to ask my aunt if she knows anyone who might be interested because I simply do not know anyone with little kids. And is there any other way to find babysitting jobs? I don't really want to call people who advertised in the paper for sitters. Those of you who babysit: how do you find jobs?
The other option is working in a day care. This would be nice, too, except I'm so chicken about calling to ask about a job when I don't know anyone there and have no idea if they'd laugh at my lack of experience and tell me to forget it. I mean, I've babysat my cousin off and on since she was a wee three month old and am comfortable around kids (as long as they're not behaving like wild animals, that is ;-)), but I'm not majoring in Child and Family Studies and I've never worked as a group leader or camp counselor before. Then I think they'd probably want someone who's more outgoing and "fun" than I am...Though little kids do tend to have fun with me because I will focus on them and play with them. I love that. It's like returning to my childhood for a brief space of time.
I'm just babbling here. If I can't find anything, I might cave and take a session of summer school if it fits with my schedule. In the meantime, I need to work on my attitude. I dislike feeling inactive and, even more, I dislike not knowing what "the plan" is. As phlegmatic as I am, I need a schedule...Which actually makes sense. I crave routine because I don't want anything to rock my boat, hehe.
Otherwise, I do want to focus on writing this summer. I just don't think I can do it full-time -- I lack the discipline. Somehow I can get more done when I have some kind of schedule to work around rather than whole days with nothing planned (or rather, filled with spur-of-the-moment plans).
So now you know my current innermost thoughts. Guess I should be glad it's nothing more earth-shattering or emotionally scarring than this, eh? ;-)
I really want to work with kids, and if I could just find two or three steady babysitting jobs, that would be ideal. Today I realized I just need to ask my aunt if she knows anyone who might be interested because I simply do not know anyone with little kids. And is there any other way to find babysitting jobs? I don't really want to call people who advertised in the paper for sitters. Those of you who babysit: how do you find jobs?
The other option is working in a day care. This would be nice, too, except I'm so chicken about calling to ask about a job when I don't know anyone there and have no idea if they'd laugh at my lack of experience and tell me to forget it. I mean, I've babysat my cousin off and on since she was a wee three month old and am comfortable around kids (as long as they're not behaving like wild animals, that is ;-)), but I'm not majoring in Child and Family Studies and I've never worked as a group leader or camp counselor before. Then I think they'd probably want someone who's more outgoing and "fun" than I am...Though little kids do tend to have fun with me because I will focus on them and play with them. I love that. It's like returning to my childhood for a brief space of time.
I'm just babbling here. If I can't find anything, I might cave and take a session of summer school if it fits with my schedule. In the meantime, I need to work on my attitude. I dislike feeling inactive and, even more, I dislike not knowing what "the plan" is. As phlegmatic as I am, I need a schedule...Which actually makes sense. I crave routine because I don't want anything to rock my boat, hehe.
Otherwise, I do want to focus on writing this summer. I just don't think I can do it full-time -- I lack the discipline. Somehow I can get more done when I have some kind of schedule to work around rather than whole days with nothing planned (or rather, filled with spur-of-the-moment plans).
So now you know my current innermost thoughts. Guess I should be glad it's nothing more earth-shattering or emotionally scarring than this, eh? ;-)
