I've been unemployed for the entire summer and part of spring due to a misunderstanding with my employer. She thought I wasn't catching on (I had been at the job exactly one month) and I knew I was catching on to what it was she was training me for. She terminated me on April 12, having been hired on March 11. On my last day of employment I had completed 10 of the reporting tasks she had asked me to do, she only expected me to do 3. There you go, I was 3x better than she thought I was, but she had already submitted my termination papers. The company decided to uphold her recommendation. Life can suck. I know this.
I've been using the time off to study my Forex trading and now I'm studying Options as well. I have been applying for positions and I have been interviewing. I did accept a position today with a federally funded grant program through the Department of Labor. I will be (if I pass the background check) a facilitator of education for young adults who have had things pretty rough. I won't give the name of the facility out of respect for the students. Suffice it to say I'm not so much of a teacher as I will be a steady hand when they need to ask questions or find ways to figure things out for themselves.
The students are on a self-paced program to complete their education and I'm going to be there to guide and facilitate. It is an in-house dormitory/school setting and no, I won't live there, but I will eat breakfast and lunch with the students as well as take walks around the grounds with them, all the while talking, teaching, helping, listening, and guiding them. I was even allowed to use the words "Jesus" and "salvation" but I'm not supposed to browbeat anyone with my faith. I can handle that. I think it should be a good fit -- we'll see. I won't discuss the students online and I won't say the name of the facility out of respect for the students, but I do thank God that I am going to be useful, and hopefully learn along the way.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with flaxseed, cranberries, walnuts, and molasses.
Lunch: Didn't eat it.
Snack: chocolate, trail mix, and a TURTLE SUNDAE (to celebrate)
Dinner: Chicken spinach salad with balsamic dressing.
Calories: 1600
Water, fizzy water, tea, coffee, iced tea, and water.
I walked over 4.3 miles later in the evening!
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