That Time I Was Homeless and Had a Job

Remember that short period of time when I was homeless? Ya that was like yesterday.  GREAT NEWS: Finally moved into our wonderful, huge apartment in Prague. Ugh, the last few weeks were relatively stressful.  I arrived in Prague on September 4, (yesterday was the 19th btw) and we finally have our own place.

Just a little background for those of you are like WUT.  My roommate came to Prague end of August, she had been traveling slash couch hoping since June. I know.  Anyway, up until yesterday we were basically homeless.  One of our friends graciously let us stay at his place for a few days before we moved in, saving us some $$$ or Czech Crowns to be specific. Long story short: in order for us to move in, we needed a co-signer on our electricity bills.  They don't allow Americans to be on the accounts.  So just to clear that up, it seemed like that was NEVER going to happen.  Then a miracle happened and one of my co-workers said sure, I'll sign for you.  A literal life-saver and the best human ever.  Gotta love the English! So we finally figured that out.

But before she signed, I thought I had explained everything to my Czech friend to be our co-signer.  Unfortunately, the language barrier was quite large and she said she couldn't.  Naturally, I was so frustrated and the landlord said we couldn't move in until the 25th.  Like Wuh? I cried and it was like I was living in a movie from Hell.  The week itself was all ready difficult, then added the extra stress.

In conclusion, our landlord felt bad and called me the next day saying that if we got a co-signer on Wednesday we could move in Thursday.  I immediately called my English friend and she said yup! So thank god that was taken care of :)

Now on to the teaching part! (Obviously the most important part)  I finally started teaching on Monday!  Let me tell you, this week was so rough trying to figure everything out.  I think I definitely need to learn Czech... BUT I had a nice Czech lady show me around to all my schools.  By the way, I taught at  6 different schools and had almost 5 or more lessons a day.  My Monday consisted of 3 25min lessons with 3 year olds.  They were so cute.  One class had one kid who wouldn't stop punching himself and spitting, but that's besides the point I guess. The rest of the lessons went totally fine.  My Tuesdays and Wednesdays are nice.  I teach 5 45min classes in the mornings with 6-8 year olds.  Those classes are a little bit less stressful because they understand me a bit more.  Also, there must be a God because my work didn't give me classes on Fridays, YAY! (Can you say second job?) Yea, I'm going to be a bar crawl promoter on the side, no biggy.  I need the extra cash 'round here!

All in all, it was definitely a stressful week, but I've been trying to focus on the good rather than the bad.  I knew EVERYTHING would work out so I was focusing on the fact I was moving into a great apartment soon! Thanks Petr.

I feel like I'm officially Czech as well now too, I got my payment card from my Czech bank! No more converting from Dollars to Crowns.  Ugh so tedious.

As I have my second glass of wine, I am still in awe of how lucky I am to have this experience and opportunity.  Granted, I'm referring to the free wine nights on Fridays and Saturdays here, but hey, the teaching is cool too ;).  I'd like to point out that the night life is pretty great.  Any one want to visit? My door is always open! I mean if I know you of course...

xoxo