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So this week so far has been draining. I guess the hardest things are getting adults to listen to a 24 year old and take me seriously. Plus I'm teaching basic Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash courses. It's hard at times too because Photoshop is 8hrs, Dreamweaver 8hrs and Flash 16hrs but I think some people's expectations are off because you can't become an expert after that and you need to practice and develop the skills on your own. One on One are cool because usually the person comes with a project in mind and you help themselves make it come alive. Group courses are harder of course!



The other day I had a group of mixed leveled secretaries so it was very hard to keep everyone on track! I was teaching how to create forms in Acrobat. One of the women could have learned the software on her own, then another was there because she was informed that the software could do something but in reality she couldn't do it herself it would take a programmer who can either do advanced XML or Javascript and the other was slow as molasses. At first I was introducing the software and showing them how you can import an office document and it auto detects the fields etc etc... Then I ran into technical difficulties, my software stopped working! My day already wasn't going good, I got lost in those turnabouts that they have in France or London and I ended up being late. When I got there Acrobat wasn't done installing on all the systems so I decided to wait for it to be done which later was like shooting myself in the foot time wise. So I sent them on lunch while I figured out my bug. When they came back it was fine but one of the women was a bitch and rude to me so when she was fed up she took off (thank goodness) and the course went a lot better without her!

So it's not organized it's Topsy turvy! My schedule gets published on Friday or Saturday for the following week so therefore I can't make any plans! So this week my schedule was Monday 9am-1pm, then Tuesday 9am-1pm & 1:30pm-5:30pm. So I thought the rest of the week was off. Wednesday I did my freelance work and well for today & tomorrow I made plans. Today I promised my serrogate father that I would go out for supper with him and go car shopping and tomorrow I have to see my doctor because I've been having some health issues.

The director of the school, my boss calls me today to see if I can teach a class tomorrow in St-Basile at 11am, my doctor's appointment is at 9am. I know my doctor she's very good but she's often minimum half an hour to an hour behind schedule sometimes more. Even is my appointment is the first of the day she doesn't get to the office on time I told my boss that I didn't feel confortable setting 11am appointment in St-Basile because I couldn't promise I would make it. I wasn't opposed to it but it would look badly on my part or the school's if I couldn't make it!

Then he asked me if I could make it tonight to replace a teacher well I couldn't cause I made plans and I wasn't about to drop them (of course I didn't say it like this to him). I could hear the disappointment in his voice and I feel bad but I know I shouldn't. It isn't my fault that he's dumping these things on me last minute, had I not had these plans I would have worked and for tomorrow if it were in the afternoon I would gladly teach, but I still feel bad!

I'm in love again with a laptop. Here's the new laptop I wanna get [link] or go see [link] it's only 1499$! Lately I was looking at laptops and I didn't like what was available! The designs were ugly and what came to the laptop didn't match what I have now!

On another note last weekend I started my gardens! I haven't had a garden since my mother passed away. What's nice is that one of my mother's rose bushes is still alive as well as her climbing roses and flowers. I made garden bed for my veggie garden and it's 16 feet by 8 feet. I'm going to finish building it up by making a frame this weekend!

I got a job today. Before people jump for joy lemme tell you about it.

I had an interview yesterday and it's on the edge of graphic design. It's a school where you can learn multimedia software, for example if you work at a company or you started your own business and you wanted to learn how to make a website they have basic courses in Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. I will be teaching these. So there's no graphic creation with clients but I am encouraged to continue my freelance work and even the guy in charge said that they occasionally get contract from their clients and he passes it on to the students. It pays 15$/hour but you're a travailleur autonom. travel is paid when you have to go to the clients to teach the course, and occasionally there's client in Quebec City where all the accommodations are paid (transportation, lodging and food). There's also working with the Commision Scolaire de Marguerite Bourgeoys making like 42$/hr for courses with them and you get all the benefits like the teachers there. The schedule is from Monday till Thursday

I've got a job but I'm not thrilled or jumping for joy. Nina just got her dream job and she was simply ecstatic and while this isn't my dream job I don't feel as happy about it as I should be. I know it's something I can do and I can do this while pursing my own business on the side. The guy who hired me said that teaching isn't for everyone that either people will do it for 3 months and not like it or there are people who can do it for 20years. He said there weren't any hard feelings if I couldn't do it and if I decided to go elsewhere I would need to give at least 1 week notice. Now I'm relieved that I have a job but I'm weary about the travailleur autonom. Also I know it's silly but I don't seem happy enough and there's something in my gut that thinks something isn't right.

One of the main things is how quickly things are going, I applied for the job and got called back the same day, this was last friday and then I had the interview yesterday. Basically I was hired on the phone and they just wanted to see me. Just seems funny to me. I know I can do the job and it is something I can see myself enjoying.

So that's all for now.. Let me know if you think there's something I should be aware of or if you've heard of this company or have any advice about travailleur autonom

I've been watching ^stigmatattoo for the longest time here on dA. He needs help and he's calling out for the support of the deviants on this website. Check out his journal here: [link] personally I can't help anyone right now financially, I can barely afford to keep myself afloat so I can help by writing in my journal about it!