Hi ho, hi ho . . . 
It actually feels okay going back to work – especially as I don’t have any classes until tomorrow 😉 . But today is still a ‘work day’ as I got up at 7 o’clock and went to yoga class and the rest of the day will be spent organising the spare room for teaching.
And this evening we’re going out to a job interview. In fact, if all goes well Nog may be offered two jobs in a village just outside Sevilla, which would be fabulous (and also make the trip out there worthwhile). We’re just waiting to hear back from the first job to find out if it’s going to start in October as planned and then go to the interview for the second one – I’ll be tagging along as ‘the translator’. So fingers crossed that it all works out because it would be a great opportunity for Nog.
Otherwise and that, it’s just nice to be getting into a different routine. And I got some wonderful news yesterday – two very dear friends will be visiting in October, so that makes me very happy and gives me something to look forward to. And so … no post-holiday blues for me. 🙂
casa azahar 
Good luck for this evening. I hope Noggin is offered both jobs :smiley:
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* sorry – getting my emoticons in a fankle 😳
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Different routines keep life interesting. Good luck with the new semester. And Nog’s new jobs.
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Just back from Tomares (the village). We didn’t hear back from the first job offer before we left so the second job interview was kind of a waste of time since Nog couldn’t commit – and a real shame too because it sounded perfect for him. And the first job would have been a very interesting challenge with a possible ‘future’. But neither job on its own is really worth the commute as the pay is so-so and he’d have been travelling two hours to work two hours. With both jobs it would have been four hours work and worth giving up the evening classes he now has in Sevilla.
Ah well … we cheered ourselves up by stopping off at IKEA on the way back (it’s in the village next to Tomares – walking distance) and then, once we were back in Sevilla, stopping for ‘Irish Nachos’ and fabulous grilled Irish sausages at Flaherty (scroll down to the bottom of the page). And now to bed! Gotta work in the morning, though Carmen and I have decided to break ourselves in easy and have a ‘brekky class’ at the Horno.
Nice work if you can get it. 🙂
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Irish nachos? Dare I ask?
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Yeah, check out the photo – they put green stuff on them!
Just back from brekky class, a photo of which can be seen here (second pic from bottom of page).
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Ooooo…this is so frustrating!
Just got a phone call from the Education Director (the first job, which is with the Tomares town council) saying that they want Nog to start in October and she apologised for not returning our call yesterday.
I immediately called the second job (with a local language school in Tomares) but it’s now taken because they needed someone to start tomorrow and, as I said earlier, Nog wasn’t able to commit yesterday evening. Gaaaaa!
But Nog’s decided to go with the first job, even though the pay doesn’t really make the daily commute worthwhile. First of all, getting a government contract like this is good for his CV (and they’ll also be paying his social security). Also, it’s a brand new project that they are starting up with the local elementary schools with plans to expand once it gets going, which is the ‘future’ I mentioned earlier. So getting in on the ground floor, so to speak, especially as they want Nog to help create the course, he’ll be first in line for any extra work that comes up (we hope!).
The call from the Director came in while I was in a class at home (Nog was out teaching elsewhere) and my student said not to worry about the second job being taken because there are several private language schools in Tomares and it’s quite possible for Nog to get something else lined up. And he may even be able to keep on some of his Seville students if they don’t mind switching to a slightly later time in the evenings (say, at 8 o’clock instead of 7, which is possible).
So kind of good news/bad news, but I think mostly good. And Nog is quite excited about this project. It’ll be with little ones – six years old – who couldn’t get into the bilingual programme at their schools, so they can at least start learning basic English vocabulary and practice speaking. It’ll be mostly games and communication stuff. To be honest, I wouldn’t touch this job with a ten-foot pole (little kids totally intimidate me!) but Nog gets on well with the wee things and is quite looking forward to it.
So the ‘new year’ seems to be starting off quite well for both of us. 🙂
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Great news – give Noggin our congratulations.
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Good to hear that while one door closes many more are opening. The gov job sounds exciting. 🙂
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It’s certainly a challenge. The kids in question will basically start out with no English, and rule 1 will be – No Spanish.
So making it fun and interesting for the little dears is not going to be easy, and any suggestions, however off-the-wall, would be appreciated.
But to be able to see them learning would be very satisfying.
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Oh my God – that bakery looks amazing!
Back to school over here. It took me years after finishing all of my education to get used to NOT going back to a routine at the beginning of September. It still feels strange. Now I live next door to the high school so it’s back to bells at 8:20 and gym class outside under my window at 8:30. 😦
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“and rule 1 will be – No Spanish.”
Yes, but can someone please convince Nog that after 3 years in Spain he really should be able to communicate in Spanish, at least at a 6-year-old level? I mean, what happens if a kid gets sick or there’s an emergency? Or he needs to speak to one of the school directors? *sigh*
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WC, that bakery/bar is fabulous. My favourite breakfast bar. And as you can see from the photos, many visiting friends feel the same.
*Waves to hermanito* Nice to see you here again. Please don’t be a stranger.
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Never underestimate the wonderfulness of doing what you really want to do. It sounds like Nog will have a wonderful time creating his program, and being on the ground floor will provide many future opportunities. Meanwhile, the value of job satisfaction is something it is hard to quantify. congratulations! And good luck.
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