Nora, I'm so sorry. That's just freaky. And here I was hoping he may get some help. I didn't realize how bad it was.

Someone asked about good companies for renters' insurance. I really like State Farm. Of course, you can't get State Farm in MA, so that may be part of my frustration. But, I always had wonderful luck with them the rest of my life.

I'm up and trying to finish a paper. I hope this goes better than it did last night!

Good luck with the paper, vw!

Cass, that is an adorable story.

I am work and feeling fuzzy around the edges. I'm in my plan period now and have an hour until my first actual class, and I'm wishing I had gotten a bigger coffee right about now. I'm also wishing that they hadn't added another special needs student to my C-block class. No, for those of you read my LJ, this is not the same kid I wrote about last week; this is another one. This in itself is challenging, but I can deal.

What annoys me, though, is that I have a tutor in the class who is all but useless. She's very nice, but she takes no initiative and has no teaching experience at all--she only does what I tell her explicitely to do, and since she shows up late every day I don't even get a chance to talk to her ahead of time. She ends up sitting in the back of the room doing nothing unless I give her instructions, and dammit, when I have 24 students (many with special needs) demanding my attention, I don't have time to give her teacher-lessons!!

Argh.

I'm working with the SPED coordinator to get this problem fixed, but it's irritating me to no end.

Gronklies.

I am staying home from work today with the beginnings of a cold. If I sleep the thing off, chances are I'll feel much better tomorrow. Obviously I'm not going to be doing any heavy packing or house prep, but it might be a good day to go through papers, etc.

{{{Anne}}} Feel better soon, girl. Also, I'll be getting a package in the mail to you later this week. I'm so excited about it! I'm sending you LOTS!

Thanks for the paper good wishes, Kristin. The rough draft is done. Now to send off to my editors for comments while I jump in the shower. Must get butt moving!

I'm sending you LOTS!

Squee!! How exciting!

Nora, I'm so sorry. That's just freaky. And here I was hoping he may get some help. I didn't realize how bad it was.

Yeah, definitely bad in the jump on the tracks in front of a moving train way. It was actually a miracle that he lived as long as he did, to my thinking.

Someone asked about good companies for renters' insurance. I really like State Farm. Of course, you can't get State Farm in MA, so that may be part of my frustration. But, I always had wonderful luck with them the rest of my life.

Tom has an agent, who did the dirty work (comparing rates and benefits) for him. Apparantly Massachusetts Fair Coverage Co. (or something like that- basically an insurance company that exists to provide high risk people with insurance) is the only one who will insure us Somervillians at a decent price. Which surprised the agent, since that company is usually the Last Resort, thus more expensive. But the premiums are 30-50% less. Weird.

Shots of slushy cheap vodka were actually much easier than shots of liquid cheap vodka.

That reminds me of "Oh My God, it Burns!"

ETA: unintentional slumbernut!

Well, my work here is done, off to the other work.

I have Commerce Insurance for my car. Like I said earlier, though, no renters' insurance for students in MA. Which I just think is the DUMBEST. LAW. EVAH. And when I have time to deal with it, I just might make some calls and write some nasty letters.

Tom has an agent, who did the dirty work (comparing rates and benefits) for him. Apparantly Massachusetts Fair Coverage Co. (or something like that- basically an insurance company that exists to provide high risk people with insurance) is the only one who will insure us Somervillians at a decent price. Which surprised the agent, since that company is usually the Last Resort, thus more expensive. But the premiums are 30-50% less. Weird.

Pricing insurance is very weird. But if they're the Last Resort in other lines of property casualty insurance, they may not have a lot of renters insurance policies out there--or the people who insure with them have fewer losses--resulting in lower premiums. Who knows. But price is the best way to shop for insurance (so says my hubby).

I have Commerce Insurance for my car. Like I said earlier, though, no renters' insurance for students in MA. Which I just think is the DUMBEST. LAW. EVAH. And when I have time to deal with it, I just might make some calls and write some nasty letters.

You're going to want to address those letters to the insurance commission of MA. I'm curious why no renters insurance for students--is it just that company? It may actually be a bad risk for some companies. But no company offers it, that's just insane.