Teaching and change

So, just this past Wednesday I got hired to teach three sections of English Comp at one of the local community colleges. Since then, between Kung Fu tests and being assailed by teams of paramedics, I've been, shall we say, rather energetically getting my shit together. SarahP was a huge, great help in this regard, having sent me a shload of stuff from when she taught comp at University of Arizona. I've taught one of the classes I'm teaching before, so that helps, too.

Also, I gave my two weeks at my current Day Job. My funding ran out in May, but nobody said I had to pack up and leave, so I've kept going in, and it looks like I could just keep doing that indefinitely, but I really hadn't planned on anything beyond May, and between teaching and the possibility of a long-term curriculum development contract gig with a university in California (which could still fall through), I thought maybe it would be a good time to move on. Huge pay cut, of course, but I think this will turn out to be a good thing.

But right now? Right now I'm being ... energetic.