As you see by the title of this post - I FINALLY got to sub for someone in the district out here. It was a fight though. Here are the issues I've had:
1) The sub-finder computer will only call local numbers (fan-freaking-tastic).
-> Solved by getting a Google Voice account with a 520 area code with call forwarding.
2) Found out Google Voice hates my soul and was asking callers to state their name before forwarding to my cell phone. (really Google, now you are gaining up on me?)
-> Solved by redoing all the settings on my Google Voice. Point of interest, I no longer get voicemails on my cell phone because Google Voice is now my voicemail box (???). Will deal with that piece of irritation later - I do not want to jinx the sub-finder system since it now calls me (my phone now rings!).
3) Sub-finder is the devil and has decided that my PIN is invalid (THE HELL?!?).
-> Solved by.... NOTHING. The poor IT man must hate when I call in all the time to complain. I've tried changing my PIN 2x and it still gives me this "invalid" garbage after I enter it. Major point of annoyance: the PIN works just dandy when I call the system or use the website. COME ON! Someday this will be fixed because I cannot get into the system to accept jobs without it accepting the PIN when it calls me. Insensitive system needs to learn that 2 out of 3 is not acceptable. I want 100%!
Anyway, yes, I worked on Friday the 28th. I was on the computer Thursday evening and saw 2 jobs for Friday: elementary art or something else. Well, the art was a full day while the one I didn't take was a half day. Yay for money! I snatched the job at 10:30PM and spent the next half hour rushing around my apartment trying to get my "substitute teaching bag" ready. I had to find the pencils, pens, overhead transfer sheets (man are those expensive now - I could have sworn you could get like 10-15 sheets cheap but now they want $35 for 100 and I doubt I will use all 100 of these things and I had to get the ones that can go through the copy machine just in case - the fancy multi-purpose were $50 for 50 >.<), massive collection of stickers, and other assorted things. Plus pack my lunch, check the GPS (thank you in-laws for the most awesome present ever), check the address, and make sure I had that job number in at least 2 places. I did it. I slept maybe 4 hours but I got up at 6AM and was out the door shortly before 7 (having eaten breakfast, washed my face, applied makeup, dressed, and styling my hair). I only forgot one thing - my water bottle. That was a long day without water.
I was there from 7:30 until 3:30 and taught 4 classes (two 1st grade, one 2nd and one 3rd grade) about landscape pictures and using the elements to create depth (fore, middle, and backgrounds plus a sky) for tree pictures. It was fun. I was on my feet forever - might need to invest in some Dr. Scholls for my nice dress shoes (which one kid complimented). I managed to get through the entire day without losing my mind although I did have to send one child to the nurse's office. But one out of about 80 isn't too bad, I think. The school was wonderful and the administrative assistant greeted me by name at the office (didn't need the job number after all) and said she would have to call me again to work there.
Otherwise, it's been a calm and lazy weekend. I have an endocrinology appointment tomorrow. Hopefully I will make it out of there without huge blood draws. One never knows. I managed to get my records from my ATL endocrinologist - his office help has really gone downhill. So glad I don't have to deal with them. But I have a stack at least an inch thick documenting my lovely thyroid, its failure to produce enough TSH, and the three fantastic nodules growing on it (apparently one is large enough to be felt when I swallow if your hand is in the right spot on my neck). I did get bloodwork done 2 weeks ago by the new gynocologist but I haven't heard the test results. I tried calling the office but no answer. I'll just take the office information with me for the endocrinologist so that office can deal with this nonsense. Also, this office is part of the UMC... which means the only number to call is the freaking hospital. Takes forever to get through to anyone there. Oh well. Maybe that means the doctors are on the cutting edge of the research field? One can hope.
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