Bad News and Good News / myLot

February 24, 2016 4:00pm CST

The Bad News: On Tuesday, the school secretary emailed to tell me that my class, which was supposed to start this Thursday, did not make enrollment, and so it was cancelled. I was very disappointed, as my boss had said she thought it would definitely run. I really don't have much else going on at the moment except tutoring, which doesn't bring in much per week. The Good News: Things looked bleak, but this afternoon my temp agency called, and they have a job for me that starts Monday morning! I'm not sure how many hours I will get from it, but I know for sure it will be more than I would have gotten from the class, so now I'm going to make more money and will have Thursday evenings free, to boot!

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

24 Feb 16

The old saying seems to be true for you - when one door closes another one opens.

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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25 Feb 16

Yes, that's a good way to look at it!

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

25 Feb 16

LOL I just said the same thing :)

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340108)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 16

It is really strange how these things work out sometimes. Hope the new job works out well.

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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25 Feb 16

Thanks! It's just temporary, but I think I have at least a month on it.

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

25 Feb 16

Good luck with the new job! What will you be doing?? It's the whole saying when one door closes another opens, yadda yadda :-D

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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26 Feb 16

That seems to be the prevailing sentiment ;)

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

29 May 16

sorry about the course - good luck with the new job @AliCanary

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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29 May 16

Thanks very much!

James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

25 Feb 16

Sometimes happenstance works in our favor, or one door closes and another opens.

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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26 Feb 16

I hope to go running through that door into a big pile of awesome :)

paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

25 Feb 16

So, it turned out pretty good. Hope you enjoy the work.

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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25 Feb 16

Yes, that's the one thing I don't really know about, yet, but I don't think it will be too bad.

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

25 Feb 16

@AliCanary And one can do just about anything for a month. I am a substitute teacher; I often think I would be happy doing other temp jobs too. But are most temp agencies office work mainly?

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Ali Canary

@AliCanary (3239)

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26 Feb 16

@paigea - most temp agencies in my area have both clerical work and more labor-oriented jobs, such as working in production plants or warehouses. If you want to pick up teaching-type stuff, I could refer you to the website that I tutor through. They may service Canada. I just need your email to send you an invitation. If you would prefer not to post it here, you can go to my Facebook page, All Sorts of Art by Ali, and PM me there.

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