What do I want to do when I grow up?

Bonjour tout le monde!
I still have several blog posts remaining from my trip to France and Italy, but today I'm talking about, well, me.  As many of you know, I left my teaching job of 32 years in June, 2012.  Of course during the summer, when we are supposed to be off, nothing is different.  I went out to lunch with friends, stayed up and got up late, went to Tahoe with my husband.
Then the first day of school came around. I woke up in a panicked sweat, wondering what on earth was I going to do?  People always have ideas; be a substitute, teach online, tutor, give conversation classes.  That was OK, but I was still a little depressed.
I did apply to be a substitute, but still haven't heard from the company.  Same thing with the independent teacher hunter company.  But still, a girl has to earn a living, right?  I signed up with a tutoring company and I got a nibble!  Then another one!  Suddenly, I was working almost every weekday.  Then when the school year ended it all went back to nothing.
I went to France and Italy with friends on a tour that I organized.  We had so much fun, and I learned all about life on an adult tour (who knew?  It was awesome!).  And I am working as an independent proofreading contractor - I had no idea that grammar could be so much fun.
So...things are slowly looking up.  When school resumes, I should have my students back, and perhaps more.  I need to figure out how to continue being a proofreader (in English, by the way; French works, too) or translator; and if you need French lessons, I'm your gal!
I am so blessed to have wonderful friends and family.  My next post will not be so sentimental but hopefully equally interesting.

And just in case, I sign off
Jacki Williams-Jones
Executive Language Coach -specializing in French and English lessons, grammar and proofreading.
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