A Necessary Risk?

So, is an office job in the hand worth a sub job in the bush? This is the $1000 question of the night.

For those of you who don't know, I've sold out. Yup. I got an office job :/ Well, it's AT a school at least... but it's in the administrative part... the LOWEST administrative part- secretary (EEK!) Yeah, it sucks, but i'm good at it! Who knew there was so much to do behind the scenes of a school? Not me. On the up side, I get to add many new skills to my resume on top of secretary, including but not limited to: lunch maid, personal assistant, nurse, supply distributer, and go-fur (as in "Hey Ashley, can you go for stamps and envelopes at the postoffice?").

Now, as the school year is starting up again, I'm wondering if I should leave this sedentary but stable job for the joys of subbing. There might be a part-time sub position opening up for 2-4 weeks. Then, I'd be back to subbing, which wasn't a bad gig- just not very reliable. I'm at a crossroads. I donno what to do... what do you think?

xxOOxx

Status Update

I feel like I am running in circles with no destination. No, more like a cook without a kitchen. A cowboy without a horse. An actor without a stage..? Well you get the idea. I have been applying to jobs for almost a year now- ummm, yeah, don't get me started.

Aaaannyyyyway, I went on a fantastic interview two weeks ago. It was great. The principal was fabulous. We laughed. I had superb answers to all of her questions. The school was nice and had a family atmosphere. It was the perfect interview. As I left the office, I actually did a little hop and skip routine! Well, as you can tell the ending isn't a happy one. I got an email stating that there were over 500 applicants for the position and (of course) I wasn't chosen. 500 teachers applying to a Catholic school. Of course they were exaggerating right?!? Until I got this from the South Pasadena USD:

Dear Ashley,

Thank you for submitting your application to our district for one of the elementary teaching positions. We were overwhelmed by the response as we received over 1,000 applications. For us, this is a mixed blessing... blabittyblahblah...

Personally, I don't like those odds. How am I even supposed to compete? Things don't look good. So, I've done the only thing that a sane person would do. I sold out. Yup, I took an office job at a preschool. I guess it'll have to do. For now.

xOOxx