miscellaneous

i'm currently reading "a farewell to arms" by ernest hemingway. i've had it for a long time (actually, it belonged to my mom) and i've tried to read it several times but never got past the second chapter. now i'm on chapter XIII and still not entirely sure what i think of it. there are bits of italian in it and i don't know some of the words, but the story is starting to get interesting. american frederic henry has been wounded while serving in the italian army and he's waiting at the hospital for his british nurse friend miss barkley to arrive.

i have seven days of work left, officially. they may keep me on part-time for a few more weeks in september to finish up some paperwork and to close off the program. beyond that, things are still wide open. i've applied for two main types of jobs for after my current one: instructor-therapy for children who have autism and more employment-counselling related work. right now, at the non-profit youth job centre i work at, i am a summer job developer. on one end, i work with students/"clients", helping them to apply for jobs, critiquing their resumes and providing interview tips. on the other end, i also work with employers and help fulfill their hiring needs through job fairs and other means and i try to create more job opportunities for my students. so i've applied for more work along these lines and i guess we'll see what happens.

going camping/cottaging this weekend, next weekend is aletheia camp and the weekend after that is outlet shopping in the states : P i feel kinda bad asking for three weeks off of teaching piano, but...oh well. i'm looking forward to the break.