Last Friday marked the last day of school... Mostly. Today and tomorrow are re-tests for those kids who didn't do super well on their exams, and word on the street is my Prepa kids will be coming to practice a song/dance they'll perform at their graduation. But, other than that, things are pretty much done here for the summer... Or are they?
I feel like there were a lot of contradictions in that paragraph... Oh, well. Onward!
So, obviously I have to do SOMETHING with my summer, for the simple fact that I will go crazy just sitting around doing nothing for too long. There were a lot of options and a lot of things I considered for the months leading up to summer, but many of them fell through, didn't work out, or turned out to be bad ideas upon further thought.
About a month ago, the director of the school came to me about doing a summer camp at the school, so that's what I'm doing for the summer! Seeing as I have about 9 years of summer camp experience (over 3 of those year-round and assisting in planning for the summer), I readily accepted the position. The planning process was slow and disorganized, but it all came together eventually. We're running it more/less like school, with English review classes alongside art and cooking classes, but it's only running from 8am to noon and I think Fridays are going to be fun days, so it should be a lot of fun.
There's just one problem.... Last I heard nobody had signed up for summer camp. Now, this isn't too big of a cause of concern for me as many times, parents don't register their kids to start school until a few days before (or after) school starts in the fall. But, it still worries me some that summer camp won't be that big, simply because I then have to make sure I'm supporting myself financially some other way...
But this isn't a problem, either. I did the math, and if I had to pay my own rent, I need to make about $5/day. And if I want to eat and occasionally leave the house, I have to make a little more than that. There are a few websites that I've been using to work online because it's always good to have a little extra income (plane tickets are expensive, people!) and because they're writing jobs that let me stretch creatively.
For the last week or so, I've been making at least $4/day on one of the sites, and that's doing pretty much the bare minimum of work, and not even trying with the other sites. So, I know it won't be a problem, and I can usually do that $4 in less than an hour. So, it's quite possible that I will easily be able to make $10 or more per day over a couple hours in the morning, which then gives me plenty of time in the afternoons for.... MINISTRY!!!! And even if I don't need to work online to cover expenses this summer, I'll still only be at school until noon every day.
Now... to find a ministry or two to work with during the summer... Fortunately I know a few missionaries. ;)
