We did daycare orientation today, which was fine. They seem really genuine up there, which is nice, and of course I couldn’t turn off my snark-o-meter, so when the director pointed out the lockbox for payments, I just freakin’ HAD to say "oh, rolled quarters won’t fit in there, will they?" Luckily, she laughed.  And to the "if you’re later than 5:30 rules," I responded "If I’m later than 5:30, I’m under an anvil somewhere and you need to call my husband and tell him he’s a single father." They agreed not to charge him extra if I’m crushed to death, so that’s good.

ANYWAY. So, there’s a job. I KNOW, I KNOW, I’m always saying "so, there’s a job" but SERIOUSLY. THERE’S A JOB.  It’s not at the university, it’s at the library, downtown. You know, where this whole crazy ride to M. Ed in IT-ville started, lo, those many years ago, as an Americorps volunteer. And anyone who read during the Americorps years knows how much I hated *that,* RIGHT?? (Err, I pretty much was heartbroken when the government didn’t fund my project again, and count my Americorps experience as one of the most valuable I’ve ever had in my life, and as the experience that set the rudder for the rest of my education and career. And I *LOVE* the library.)

This job is almost freaking perfect. Almost. See, I don’t have an MLS…. but I do have an M. Ed. (Um, almost.) AND, this job was basically created when Americorps got kicked out of the office under the stairs, because they found that technology instruction was really valuable. This, also, was my Americorps supervisor’s job, and she didn’t even have an M-anything, she had a BS in education, and left as she married a guy down on the coast and sold her house and works there. That was a while ago, so I don’t know who’s been doing it since she left, but that is totally her job.

When it was her job, her evening was Wednesday, which if it’s still that way, or could be made that way — that I could still do storytime with Ingrid. (!!!) If I got this job, we could probably afford the local daycare when it opened up,  because driving to the campus daycare, twice a day, back and forth, would cost the same in gas, I’m thinking. (Plus add about an hour+ of just DRIVING to the day… urgh.)

I emailed Molly, who used to have this job, to see if it would be wrong to apply, despite my lack of MLS.  I mean, READ THAT DESCRIPTION. What do you think?