So I just pulled a very risky manuver that is scaring the crap out of me right now. Having been hired at PKC for the last couple of weeks has been a sigh of relief about my employment in Japan. I am really starting to hate my life when I wake up and have to go to my job here. Getting into the February training session seemed like a Godsend.
Until of course last week when I got an email from a school I applied for back in October for a Hoikuen (Nursery School) opening they had. By the time they recieved my application they had already filled the post (reason they haven't been mentioned before), but apparently kept my application on file. The email I got last week said they had an opening at their Yochien (Kindergaten) and asked if I was interested in interviewing for the position. Back in October they were my absolute favorite school I had sent my resume to and was devistated when they had already filled the post before I could have even been concidered. Needless to say my heart plummitted when I realized they had yet another opening, but I was already committed to working somewhere else. I did tell them I wanted the interview thou. I mean, come on what were the chances that I would actually get the job against the hundreds that probably applied? Pretty good apparenty. Within a few hours of my Skype interview (which I thought I had bombed) I got an official job offer in my email. Yay for me right?! Not exactly...PKC already has a signed contract and all my paperwork. I also think they have started my Certificate for Eligibility proccessing for my Instructor Visa, which adds a whole new dimention of complications since I want to go with the new school.
After having talked with my new roommate, and friends from Japan I realized I had to tell PKC I couldn't work for them right away. I spent over an hour composing the email to deliver my bad news. I have no idea what kind of chaos this is going to cause. Hopefully I hear back from Donna this weekend and I can tell my "YIPPEEE I WAS HIRED" school that yes I accept their job offer, on Monday. I will have the same teachers and students I will see on a daily basis all year long. I am so excited. Plus it's Yochien...my oldest students are going to be 5!!! So impressionable and full of energy. I can't wait. It only starts 2 weeks after PKC so I can have an extra week of time with my family, and then be able to fit in Taiwan. I was worried with Visa processing taking so long I would have to skip Taiwan until an extended holiday sometime. Now as long as I can re-submit my paperwork fast enough it wont be an issue.
On a side note, because of the interview (I had completely forgotten about it) I didn't go home on Wednesday. My friend I hope will forgive me. Though we already made plans to get together next weekend instead. When I will have time to spend a few days instead of hours at home. I tried going to see Tangled with a guy friend of mine here in Petoskey....it almost worked. We were going to the noon showing since he had to be to work at 2. We pull into the theater parking lot to see a school bus. Ominous music *figuratively* started playing. I optimistically suggested they might be there for Megamind or the latest Harry Potter movie. But of course no such luck...all 40 kids were in Tangled. Which still might have been ok...except we learned they were 40 handicapped students. Now no hate mail for that comment. I applaud them, and have more simpathy for them than the average person, but they are not known to be the quietest people on the planet. With that many in one room we were bound to have at least one screamer. So we nixed that idea and wandered Walmart and a few other stores trying to run down the clock till he had to go to work.
After we parted ways, I went to go run my errands that were an additional part to my cancelling on the drive back to Muskegon. When I got to the bank I realized I had forgotten my check book, it threw me off so bad I drove back to my new house and completely forgot about the rest of my errands until like 7pm...way past the time they all had closed. Ahhh well...most of them involved stuff for PKC so I guess it all turned out ok!
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