and life moves on, thankfully

It wasnt but a couple weeks ago when I was jobless, homeless and penniless. Time certainly plays a funny game.
As I mentioned weeks ago, I had spent the previous 4 months looking for work, and hadn't found anything. My translation work dried up. And my savings disappeared as I paid off rent, food, and basic living expenses. So in desperation, I moved in with my mom again. This raised another problem though, as I needed to find someone to replace me in the old apartment to replace me.
Last week, it all came together.
I finally found someone to take my place in my apartment, relieving me of all the responsibilities that were still on me. My translation boss/client suddenly called up this week, after 4 months, with all sorts of projects for me to do. And best of all, I have a permanent job, at least up until june.
I have taken up a job as an auxiliary english teacher. About 5 years ago, the Spanish government started setting up bilingual public schools. Not all public schools are bilingual, but a decent number of them are. These schools besides teaching English as a class, they also teach science and art in english. That way, the kids are using english about half of the time that they are in school. Now, I am not fully sure about these methods, but I support the idea behind it. Spain has the lowest foreign language literacy rate in all of europe.
My job is to be in the classroom with the teacher, assisting her in whatever way she may want. Sometimes the teacher wants me to give the whole class, other times I am ignored and I simply go from desk to desk assisting the children one on one. The interesting thing is that I have never taught children before. I have taught adults extensively, as well as worked with adolescents. However, in this school I have been assigned to helping the first grade teachers, which means that I am surrounded by 6 year olds all day.
I have decided that I like the job. Since I am not the actual teacher I am not responsible for keeping the peace in the classroom, nor do I have to deal with parents or lesson planning. Instead I get the fun part of teaching which is dealing with the kids and helping them understand the material. Also, 6 year olds may be hard to herd, but they are cute, so that makes up for a lot.