Patience pays off

I have been looking for a job for about two months, alternately sending out resumes to only great-sounding, perfect jobs and sending them out to anything that I think I could do. I hadn't had many responses, and I put it down to trying to change career paths. Finally, a week and a half ago I got a call from a private college where I had applied at back in January. I didn't get the original office administration position, but they wondered if I would be interested in student support services. I am, so I had an interview last week, references checked this week, now a job offer and I will start next week. This comes at the perfect time since I was beginning to think I would need to start emergency teaching if nothing came through soon. Also, the hours of this job overlap with the tutoring hours I was going to do, but I'm happy with that because I was becoming less enthusiastic about being a 'private contractor' with the associated ABN and liability insurance paperwork and expenses. This new job feels like it could be a rewarding direction for my teaching career to go in, while also allowing time for writing.