Moonlighting again!

Nearly a month of stewing and fretting about my expired teaching license, then I learned yesterday that filling out one simple form and writing a $62 check buys me a lifetime teaching license. After talking to and emailing with people who gave me the runaround and incorrect information, I decided to go the State Department of Education in person. Upon arrival, I immediately connected with a woman who had a simple fix for my problem. Now I should be able to sub in any district I want to and I don't have to take a bunch of classes to accumulate clock-hours to renew my license.

I was adjusting to saying a fond farewell to subbing in Edina, thinking of it as a good opportunity to re-invent myself, when my teacher friend, Linda, talked to me over lunch about a possible job in Minneapolis testing kindergartners, beginning next fall. The job pays better than subbing, and Linda said she really enjoyed it. Several retired teachers who were doing the work for years suddenly re-retired and Linda said I may have a shot at a position on the testing team. I would work full time during the months of September, January and May.

As if this fortuitous event were not enough, sister Julie found me a tutoring job for the summer. I started this week with two sisters, ages seven and nine, and fell head over heels for them. We will focus only on reading for the summer. Julie showed me a bunch of interactive websites which are excellent for kids learning to read and which will be fun to use with the girls. Tutoring has never been my thing, but it may become more of a thing. It pays well and I don't have to leave home.

I am still working on self reinvention, so the idea of trying two new jobs along with being able to sub if and when I want to next year is appealing. A woman who has to pay for her arthritic neck and knee treatments out of pocket and who likes to shop as much as I do must be moonlighting at all times.