So long, farewell.

Wow, over a month since I last posted. And this is my LAST POST EVER, probably. Unless I get bored or else start another semi-anonymous blog, in which case I'll make a note of it here so that all those loyal fans of mine can find me.

Things are going great at the new job... I've got a lot of responsibility and a lot of big projects in the making. Not bad for someone who was, just a few months ago, trying to keep track of kids in a crowded CTA tunnel, picking cheese out of my hair, and trying to hold my bowels and my temper while dealing with about a zillion 13 year olds.

Despite all that, the sub gig was a pretty good one. It kept me (mostly) housed and fed over the past 9 months, and it gave me a lot of street cred when talking about CPS. It didn't directly help me get a job in the end (I'm not going to be doing much classroom management at the museum, so it wasn't listed on the resume), but it did make me feel a lot more comfortable interacting with students of all ages.

Honestly though, keeping the blog was the best part. Could you tell?!?

Seriously, it's been real. Thanks for reading!!

Blog Apathy and Hair Products

Given that 200 people have checked out my blog since the last posting and zero have voted, I have concluded that y'all suck.

In other news, I'm determining what to wear to work on Wednesday, my first day, as well as pondering what to do with my hair. See you on the flip side.

No More Subbing = Sleep in Late

I mentioned that I had a sub job scheduled for last Friday... Well I did, but then they canceled at 6:30 am, which made my morning because I hadn't gotten more than 4 hours of sleep that night. So when they woke me up at 8 am to re-hire me for the day, I said NO! It was freeing, I tell you.

I got a ton of calls this week and I had a reason to say NO! every day. It would have been nice to have the money, but I needed the time to apartment search (I'm moving closer to work), hang out with friends before my life is bounded by a 9-5 schedule, and do a little research for my upcoming job so I'm not totally clueless during my first week.

Now I'm starting to tell schools as they call that I have a job. It's exciting sometimes (one front office lady, whom I've actually never met, erupted into congratulations for me. It was a little much for me to take at 6:30 am), and sometimes sad (I don't get to say goodbye to teachers and kids at the the private school or at my favorite high school). But we move forward.

My new job starts on Wednesday. Vote on ideas for what to do with this blog:

A) Find another snarky sub to take over. (Might take some work- Tard Blog NEVER got a replacement... and that blog is way better than this one.)

B) Allow site to fall into oblivion. (Easy)

C) Continue to blog about my new, non-sub life on this site or a new one (Difficult, given that I wouldn't be able to say much about the museum while remaining anonymous.)

D) Offer domain name to subs of the BDSM variety; site changes form dramatically, though will perhaps maintain one or two readers?

E) Other: __________________

Vote early, vote often.

Eric Cartman as Substitute Teacher

I couldn't resist. The newest South Park episode features Cartman as a substitute teacher, heinous inner city school stereotypes, Stand and Deliver references (lots), and a big ol' dose of phallophobia.

Enjoy!

(Parts 2 and 3 are also on Youtube, so you can see the whole episode.)

The Cat's Out of the Bag!

Yes, you might have guessed it already, but I got a job!

It's at a historical museum in Chicago, and I'll be working in the education department. Very exciting stuff, given that this is exactly why I came to Chicago and went to graduate school. Hooray!!

I suppose this means that Sub Chicago will soon come to an end. Or, perhaps there's another sub out there who would like to take over the site?

Either way, I wanted to take this opportunity to ask all you lurkers out there to say hello. I know people are reading this blog (well, not a LOT of people, but my counter is tracking about 20-30 a day, which is pretty surprising to me!), so take the plunge and tell us about yourselves! And thanks for reading!

In the meantime, I have one sub job on Friday at a charter middle/high school. Should be an interesting one.

No Coloring On Other People

I haven't subbed since my last entry, but I have been teaching Spring Break Camp at a local art studio. Fun! I hung out last week with 5 elementary students and this week I've got 3 preK/Kindergarten kids. They're super cute, if somewhat more trying.

It's all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out.

I realize that I'm much better with older kids than younger ones. Elementary is ok, middle school is great and high school good too, but kindergarten is rough! These kids are wild and all they want to do is play star wars (or "lightsavers," as one girl calls it) until someone gets hurt. They're so cute; I feel bad that I spend all day telling them "no!" "don't do that!" "stop running!" and "holy @#%$ you just made another huge mess!!"

But what I really wanted to blog about was this sign of classroom rules I found in the kindergarten classroom. It written by last week's teacher, who I heard was having some problems with bad language in her class and apparently with these other items as well. I'll try to scan it if I can find a scanner to use because it seems funnier if you can see it in the nice teacher handwriting, but this is what the sign says:

1) NO FIGHTING

2) NO BAD WORDS

3) NO SPYING

4) NO COLORING ON OTHER PEOPLE

5) LISTEN TO TEACHER


I don't even think I really need to comment on that. It's the funniest thing I've seen in ages.


P.S. Today was my LAST DAY at the restaurant!! But my next gig is still a secret, mainly because I'm not yet sure that it's actually going to happen. So you're just going to have to wait until I get the paperwork to find out.

Service With a Smile

I put in my 2 week notice at my restaurant job today. Why, you might ask? Well, that's a secret for now. All will be revealed in time. But this cartoon pretty much sums up how it feels to be a server:

"Service With a Smile"

Know what I mean?