28: Fall Break…Finally!

Currently I am sitting at the kitchen table of my sister and brother-in-law’s house in beautiful Michigan, the most fiercely loyal of all midwestern states. After fifty days of school, we are gifted with one week off. I’m not complaining; in fact, I am super grateful for this break. Will I get extra writing time? Will I work on the homestead? Will I begin prepping for the approaching parent/teacher conferences? Yes, yes, and yes.

If you desire a career with a healthy amount of time off, may I suggest teaching? Granted, you do not get to pick the weeks you get off. The school board does it for you. And, technically, I do not get paid for this time off. I mean, I get a pay check, but it’s a salaried position. My contract is only for 180 odd days. Some non-teachers decry the time off versus salary for teachers. Teachers would contend that it all evens out. 55 plus work hours during regular weeks will even out the non-work weeks. For me, summers also involve padding my checking account with as much tutoring as I can find.

I know 99% of teachers will disagree with me, but extended time off messes with my mind. I am a very active person, and when the last day of school hits, I struggle with the transition of being on task at 100 miles per hour screeching to a snail’s crawl for the next eight weeks. I get bored easily. I could do homestead improvements if I had the money. Same with vacations. Thankfully, writing helps. It gives me purpose during a slow summer’s day. I wish NaNoWriMo (or the new version) took place in June. I have plenty of time to write in June.

This Fall Break I should have plenty of time to write. I am contemplating whether to pay my freelance editor to developmental edit my first work, the one that’s currently sitting in my computer twiddling its thumbs. I have amassed some money towards it, but I need more. I tell ya, it’s not cheap. Then again, what is anymore?

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