Orange Street Fair!

I love the Orange Street Fair! Of course I only love it during opening day and opening hour. Jaime is home today (Flex Day) and we are planning to go to the street fair. It's really cool because they have a kids street and the girls can get face painting done plus they have small vendors that sell little trinkets and homemade items. We will be attending after I tutor and of course I'll use the extra cash on the girls.

Olivia has speech therapy today... she will be turning two at the end of this month and she's not really saying much. She has some hearing loss on her left side ear. We hope to have a hearing aid by the end of the month. This is another reason to tutor. We don't qualify for any assistance, we have co-pays and our insurance only covers one thousand dollars on hearing aids. 

Back to the street fair, I hope not to eat to much there. It's filled with all kinds of yummy food and I'm still trying to loose my baby weight. I have 10 pounds to go before pre-baby but I want to loose an additional 10 more.

I love Fridays even though I no longer work. I get to be home with my family and not run errands or have appointments at night.

After Tutoring!

My student came to my house tonight! Yeah! I was so excited to teach math. It was difficult because I had to skip dinner. I fed the girls. Jaime and Catherine went to soccer practice. I had to clean and watch Olivia and Sophia.

About 6:00pm they arrive and her mom comes in and pretty much interviews me. I'm happy to do the interview. I pull out my portfolio and show her my credentials, references, and transcripts. She seems satisfied and ask me if I also do daycare. I quickly said no. I love Math and I will tutor Math. She said she was just checking.

She asks me about my previous jobs and education. I show her my resume and she pretty much seems satisfied. I pull out an Algebra 2 book and start assessing her daughter. We found a spot of difficulty....Word Problems... and we start to do Math. At the end her mom was satisfied with my tutoring and ask if I would be available tomorrow to tutor again. I said, "Sure". For an hour, I don't mind Orange library or Barnes and Noble. I was very lucky the girls went to bed early tonight.

I'm tutoring math for the 2010/2011 school year!: First Time Private Tutoring

I'm tutoring math for the 2010/2011 school year!: First Time Private Tutoring: "Olivia is sick. Yuk! She must have the stomach bug because she keeps vomiting. I guess I'm home today. No running or park activities today. ..."

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Olivia is sick. Yuk! She must have the stomach bug because she keeps vomiting. I guess I'm home today. No running or park activities today. 

Here I am at the computer thinking how could I get the word out that I'm interested in tutoring math from Basic to Trig. I'm no longer returning back to work with my third child Sophia. I just got tired of trying to juggle full-time motherhood and full-time girls counselor at Orangewood Children's Home. 

I received my Teaching Credential two years ago and had a difficult time trying to find a job due to the California job market. It SUCKS!!! So here I am with dues to pay in teaching and no job. I was thinking at least to try to find a part-time job just to  pay for the extras for the girls.

Catherine loves to play soccer, skate, and then we have Girl Scouts. Olivia needs a hearing aid and speech therapy. We are currently attending Speech Therapy and the hearing aid we are hoping to get at the end of September.

The only thing I can think of that I love to do is teach and the subject would be Math. I love how math is a puzzle and there is always a solution for every problem. It's kind of like LIFE but we just have to find the solution and sometimes it takes a while.

I have a student who is suppose to come today at 5:30. My husband has soccer practice and Olivia is just laying down in the couch pretty much not doing anything because she's not feeling well. 

I normally would reschedule tutoring but she's new and I don't want her mom to think I'm flaky. I'm hoping she arrives it would be nice to teach a subject I enjoy and get paid while the kiddos are at home and I don't have to leave them. Motherhood! I find it a challenge to balance everything.