Sunday, June 20, 2010

Hunting for that Perfect Summer Job

In my continuing quest to gain those 600 hours of employment to qualify for EI benefits come September I have had to search farther afield. With the school year quickly coming to a close, and still over a hundred hours short, my subbing will not-as I'd originally hoped-meet the mark. Thus I began the depressing ordeal of hunting for a summer job. I hated doing this when I was in school, but it was doubly daunting this time around.
When you live in a small town you know jobs will be scarce, nor will employers be in a rush to hire a six month pregnant woman. I just tried to remind myself it didn't matter what the job was as long as it got me to my goal-although it was hard to summon up any enthusiasm for something that might include flipping burgers.
Hurrah for the library! After going there every week for two years, they know me pretty well by now, and I was upfront saying I just needed the work for the hours, not the money. I was pretty thrilled when they said yes, they would hire me. I am now faced with the wonderful prospect of working there four days a week! My first day was Thursday, and so far I love it. Advantages of the job include:
-getting to sit down lots as I'm at the circulation desk a great deal of the time
-not worrying about a babysitter as I work evenings and Saturdays, so the boys stay home with Jason
-librarians are some of the nicest, and coolest people on the planet
-I walk to work
-I can talk books obsessively and no one thinks I'm weird
-air conditioning
-being surrounded, everywhere you look, by BOOKS!

This just might be my best summer job ever.

1 comment:

Emily said...

Ohhh... I'm jealous. That does sound like the perfect summer job. The perks of living in a small town, eh?