Find a job you love and you are good at and you'll never work one day in your life.
If it is true that work can be fun, it certainly is not my case. In October I will teach over 80 hours in one establishment or another. Yes, I need to work to make ends meet and I need those hours. The fact is there is no or little work to be done between June and October teaching English in France. Plus, I did so much traveling during that time period too. The result is I am in debt. October and November will be hellish months for me, and I add that fortunately work is abundant in the Fall. People call me everyday pleading for me to take on another class, another pupil, another preparation. Yes, teaching in France (if you aren't a fonctionnaire) is a helluva rollercoaster. You either have way too much or nothing at all. Go figure!
So I'll bite the bullet. Until Christmas there will not be much blogging, little reading, little amusement, no socializing, no philosophizing, and not much deep thinking will be going on. No movies, no parties either. My life will go on hold for a while. I'll wake up, eat breakfast, teach 3 hours, have lunch, teach 3 hours, take a snack, teach a few more hours, dine, some days teach even more, and drink thousands of cups of coffee. I'll prepare classes on Sunday, and start all over again the following week. Wish me luck!
I hate this time period. Fall is the time I descend into hell for living it up in the Summer. Yes, I know I'm ranting and raving. Maybe it'd be better if the classes were actually enjoyable. Unfortunately, the work is piled on everyone, so no one wants to be there or participate.
By the way. Happy Columbus day! C.C. didn't discover America by aimless ritual. In the end, though I do like the long Summers this rollercoaster is not healthy. There will be slight plunge in the winter again and it will rev up once more in March and April just to start dwindling off towards Summer.
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