This week I got my work permit in the post. A month early – arrggh. Now I have to look for paid work. Yesterday I applied for a job running an after school programme in North City – quite the poorest part of the county and probably not even a real vacancy anymore (seems the non-profit website I used is a little unreliable)…but it made me dust off the CV and get my head around some letter writing skills again. I am off to try my hand at applying online for some Med School research assistant jobs now.
I am looking for part-of-the-time-paid-work as we have a part time place for Kazuo at a daycare centre nearby that will be quite suitable. I am not planning to go back to teaching here as I only want to engage in paid work for the social contact and to gather together a little fund for relocation expenses.
I think that the rest-of-the-time-unpaid-work takes up enough of my energy and enthusiasm. Working outside the house again will be a challenge. Frankly I am not sure how the super-moms do it…and I guess I have discovered that I need our family life to be my main priority for a few years yet, so paid employment that involves passion and take-home enthusiasm/activity might just be beyond my own personal remit.
At the same time, Akira has embarked on job-seeking and is getting some good responses…so we shall see how that impacts our future plans soon I guess. All change again!
I am feeling a little wistful already about my days with my little man…and nervous about how his sensitive little soul will cope with daycare as he has lately become (predictably for his age) very wary of others, very clingy to Mama and Dada and very shy of other children. Sigh…if only it was possible to stay home all the time, but alas, our lifestyle does not really allow for such luxuries these days. Not working, with all the social strangeness that comes with it, is still quite an attractive option right now.
But on with the serious job of finding some other work…and on with the happy job of looking out for this one:
50 things for 50 
“Working” is definitely a challenge, particularly now that here (NZ) winter is approaching and those little noses turn snotty rather too often… Mental diversions such as work can (and often do in my case) result in hasty last minute decisions about the kids kai (hello, ramen), and of course the housework also suffers. So get as organised as you can, not only with Kaz’s food for daycare but for his evening kai too. And as for the housework…. just.breathe….