The Two Job Phenomenon

Just to be clear, while two jobs for two broke historians would on average mean one job per historian, this is not the actual distribution of jobs. So, yesterday I began my long days of substitute teaching in the morning for some extra money and then racing up to the University to sit through the lecture that I'm on salary to sit through. Let me tell you it was a close call. The jr. high ends classes at 3:00PM and the University lecture is at 4:00PM. Your intrepid hero made it at 3:55. Whew.

Was it worth it? I'm not sure yet. The extra money is going to help pay down that credit card debt, which in the long run will save us money, or rather will allow us to save money. We also have to be honest, for all the cat wrangling involved, being a substitute teacher is a pretty easy gig. There is no boss in the room, no customers, no phone calls to answer, and at the end of the day there really isn't a quota to have met. So, its pretty easy stuff. Its just a long day that begins at 8:00 and ends at 5:00PM. I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "S, those are normal business hours." To you I'd say yeah, but I'm a teacher and an academic, and I'm not supposed to have to do things like that. Boo hoo for me. - S