I've had a very exciting couple weeks since I started coaching volleyball. And when I say "coaching" I mean sitting far away from the girls, watching practice, and filling in the coach on my observations by email. Aargh!
For a second I want to ignore all the good reasons there are for the red tape I'm encountering and just bitch about it. I cannot be on the court as a volunteer until I get a background check and register to be a sub. Fine. Oh, and I can't register to be a sub until I get a physical and a TB test. $200. Fine. Oh, and I have to have physical copies of my social security card and birth certificate, which I lost in the move. Replacement costs $30 plus a notary and weeks upon weeks of waiting. So it's going to take months of forms and waiting and about $300 to be able to VOLUNTEER 30 hours per week of my time. And until then I'm not allowed contact with the students. Up yours, FDR, I'm not a number!
In other news, I love the paint we finally finished in our dining room and will post a picture as soon as I get my camera battery back from Chicago. Also, we've been able to have dinner twice now with local musicians, Casados, and they are awesome. The hospitality of strangers is shocking and wonderful to me. They are so much farther along the road of performing and writing than we are and I'm repeatedly surprised by how gracious they are to us and our dreams.
You can find them in all the usual online spots for music, including Casados.
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dude, can you get your physical and tb test at a local [women's] health clinic for a lot less than that?
There are some notaries at church that I've used for gratis. Let me know if you still need one-
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