What I’m Up To

I have an “orientation” at Michael’s (the craft store) tomorrow to become an official employee, so I can start teaching scrapbooking classes. The pay isn’t as good as I anticipated, but I hope it will supplement my other part-time job…

tutoring! So far, I kinda sorta have one student (his mom and I have a game plan, but not a schedule yet), and he has autism – yay! Suffice it to say I could make up to $30 a week all told!! I know, exciting, right? But in about three weeks, once I can get my classes set up and advertised, and parents start to realize their kids need help, I should get some more hours at Michael’s, and I should get some more tutoring students. And it might be enough to make my car payment…

I’m waiting to hear back from the county about whether or not we qualify for The Boy to be on the state-provided health insurance program. Any day now… Nah. More like 30 days from now… Hopefully.

I’m going to be volunteering and helping The Boy’s band director out a couple of days a week. I also told him I could come in when he has a substitute. He thought I might want to be the substitute, and I assured him I did not. If I’m a volunteer, I can get away with a lot more… Heh, heh, heh…

I’m trying to work with The Boy’s school to get his services ironed out. They are NOT right, and I think they have had very limited experience with kids with autism. More on that in another post, but suffice it to say that right now, I’m reading some books from Wrightslaw about Special Education Law. Just in case.

I’m helping my hubby with some of his big projects. We joke that I don’t get paid, but when he makes money, I make money, and this allows him to get done quicker, which means more work, which means more money… you get the picture. Plus I get to spend the day with him, which is nice about 99% of the time 😉

I get to drop off and pick up my kid right from school – no daycare! I’ve never been able to do this, and it’s pretty cool.

So in summation, I don’t have a ton of money coming in, and my insurance runs out this week. But for the first time in about 17 years, I’m able to give thought and energy to my own kid and my own family, and I have the time to do it, and do it well.