Give Pete a Chance

I finally dragged my carcass over to the computer to update the blog. It’s been an odd two months. To be honest, I’ve been a bit bummed out. After submitting applications to every district in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Armstrong counties, I didn’t get a single interview for a teaching position. 4 years of experience, special ed. certification, working as a technology coordinator, giving in-service presentations, and designing my old district’s website amounted to absolutely nothing. I can come up with a million different reasons or excuses about why no one called me but I’m kinda past that now. Kinda. So I’ve been looking around the papers and online trying to find something that fits my skills. There have been a few interviews and a few places I’m excited about hearing back from, but until then, I’m unemployed, and it bites.

To help makes ends meet, I’ve been building and selling computers and trying to make the rounds here in Butler doing virus removal and stuff like that. Sue’s been working at Heinz as a research chemist and loves it. She was in the same boat that I was in – no calls for teaching interviews. Because she’s in industry though, she’s basically stuck as a temp for a year. After a year, she’ll hopefully be brought on as permanent, which would get her benefits and a chance for a raise.

Today I hope to finish up the daily job search process early (monster, careerbuilder, workpittsburgh.com, butler eagle classifieds etc…) and head down to Moraine State Park. Sue and I have been enjoying McConnells Mill State Park lately and have seen some beautiful sites that remind me a lot of home. Moraine is closer so I’m gonna check it out today and snap some pics that I’ll post up here. Hasta.

Oh, and the best show on TV is Flight of the Conchords, as illustrated by this song from episode 3.