No longer a vagrant, I am employed!

After 2 weeks of wearing out the 'refresh' button on craigslist job postings, success at last! I received two job offers and I had to decide on the same day and I was really torn (as those of you who I spoke to can attest to, and thanks for all your advice!) because they were pretty equal jobs in terms of the pay, which is shit (we're talking 4-5 USD/hour).

My strategy in applying for jobs was to apply to anything that said you needed to speak English. From there it was pretty easy - go on a few interviews, send some emails, done. Really not to hard to get a job here (am I speaking too soon? Let's see how cousin Kelly fares next week in her job search). Job 1 was with a company selling software to Catholic churches (an area I'm not too familiar with)...basically I would be working to call up the churches and inform them about the software and work with a small group of Americans. Job 2 was at Wall Street Institute teaching English. This institute is somewhat infamous for its low pay, but it would get me a more 'legal' working status which would make it easier for me to find jobs in other fields (read: bartending) later on. Or just at a better paying language school. Basically this legal status means I will get a tax number and a book of invoices and the school will be paying me for my services. Which sounds like I'm a call girl (don't worry Linda, it won't come to that).

So I went with option 2. I had training today, which meant me and a hilarious London girl used their software and took remedial English lessons, which were actually quite racy. We particularly enjoyed the story of Alice who meets an Italian in NYC and stays with him in a hotel then makes him pancakes in the morning. I actually teach a class tomorrow. I am in no way qualified for this, so we'll see how it goes.