In the business of Darby Cave

Holy wow! I've been trying for the last 6 months to make sure that I could stay in Spain and not worry about being able to feed myself. I've attempted to apply for about a million different legal ways of staying, all of which have fallen through. I decided to go out on my own and drum up some kids who want help with their English and that had started to roll, which was awesome until I was walking down the street Monday morning and was stopped by the boss of an acadamia here that I had interviewed with at the beginning of August. I was listening to my iPod and she literally had to grab me to get my attention. She said, "Darby, it's me Isabel, I think I have a class for you to teach." And we walked over to her office and sure enough, Friday afternoons I was free and could do it. I was pumped. I'd be teaching a class of 6th years and first years, switching off every other Friday. Apparently a visa isn't so important when you really need a teacher.

Then, she called me Tuesday morning and said she had more for me. So, I scooted downtown and we talked some more. She had 2 classes to be given in companies who speak english during work and two individuals who want private lessons with a high level of English. So, I suddenly had 5 jobs with the acadamia and 4 of my own putting me over 1000 Euros a month which is way more than I'd hoped for!

But it doesn't stop there. I got home from my first tutor job, that my pupil did not show up for this morning abd I had received an email about a language assistant job with the government I applied for last week. I can only work 14 hours a week and would be an assistant to a teacher in a classroom of a school in a nearby pueblo. I'd be getting 665 euros a month and this job is more official than the other and I'd be with more kids.

So, now I have a huge decision to make. I don't want to be working too much, but I also don't want to say no to such cool opportunities. I also don't want to cancel on all the private work I've racked up so far. Right now, I'm thinking I'll see if Katie wants to take over some of my day jobs with the acadamia, if they want her and then I can take the job with the government and still do a little of everything else.

Crazy. Any advice you have is welcome. Love you love you love you! And scratch that idea of the plane ticket home as a Christmas gift, I think I'll be able to cover it now!