Work update.

I taught my last class of the term, and the foreseeable future, today. I always knew Coding With Kids was not gonna be a long term job for me, the money simply isn't there, and frankly this last term has been pretty hellish, what with having almost a dozen classes to teach, none of the classes I ended the term with were the ones I started the term teaching, some of them I was moved multiple times, those of you who are teachers know it's important to have a connection with the students, and being the guy who replaced the teacher you were just getting to know midway through the class is not conducive to that. That and the other usual hassles of travel time, unpaid prep time, and general stress made this not a fun term for me.

Adding to it is I started a new job about a month ago, nothing special, just pizza delivery through Domino's, but what it meant was that I just recently had my first full day off in almost three weeks. I completely turned myself off and became a vegetable and it was pretty great.

I am feeling much happier now that my classes are done, and I am not worrying too much about money with the new job. Delivery drivers are tipped, and the location I work at is pretty darn busy, I make 20-25 dollars an hour which is pretty much comparable to most entry level software developer jobs with a fraction of the stress.

I've not given up on doing the developer gig, but I need to spend time increasing my knowledge and project base, and the delivery job takes virtually no energy outside of work, I go in, do my job, go home, and I don't have to think about it at all until my next shift, it's nice, and it means I have the mental space to think about classes and projects, as well as devote energy to the ongoing job search.

Life isn't perfect, but it never is. My car is on it's way out. I made a bad turn in a parking garage and popped out the drivers side headlight assembly, it all still works amazingly, but duct tape is all that's keeping it in there, also the cars power steering train is dying, this is a thousand dollar repair which simply isn't going to happen because the car isn't worth that much, short term solution is to keep topping up the power steering fluid and endure the loud complaints the vehicle makes when I turn the wheel.

My goal is to buy a new, or nearly new, car within the next month, this is going to be exciting as I have never done the car buying experience before, also I have a bankruptcy on my record and that may make financing harder than I want. On the plus side though I will be able to afford it even if I don't get the best terms in the world, which is really doing wonders for my peace of mind.

So yeah, I guess I am feeling good, and it's been a while since I could say that, I go to bed without being scared these days, which means I actually sleep properly. My brain being what it is I imagine that won't last forever, but I am digging it for now.