Side Gig
The last thing I need in this world is a side gig…but here I am, signed up to start teaching Mahjong. When I learned the game years ago, I had no idea it would become the hottest game in town, with everyone clamoring to learn. For the past few months I’ve been teaching friends, and every Tuesday night we gather at my house to play, with the 8 p.m. work night curfew firmly in place, with no apologies. Now I’ll be teaching for the town, offering classes to what I assumed would be a broader group of people. But when registration opened, the texts started rolling in from family and friends, all saying they were there the minute it went live to sign up for my class, and it filled in a red-hot minute. It will be interesting to see if anyone I don’t know actually made it into the class! I’ve already agreed to continue teaching throughout the summer season, although I’m charging a bit more for that session, my summer hours are clearly worth more than my winter ones. It’s kind of amazing that...
