Erin, that's excellent! Go perfect score! I've been hearing a lot about the PRAXIS, but it doesn't look like we need to take it here. Is it in the place of a state test, or in addition?

Also, I hear that a lot of schools don't hire until fairly late in the summer anyway. Which sounds seriously nervewracking, but fortunate if you're being screwed over like that.

Connie, are you eligible for Medicare or Medicaid? I know Medicare covers CPAP machines for apnea. I probably have the coverage criteria somewhere (I used to write about this stuff), if you want to check with your insurers, since private insurers usually follow Medicare.

Connie, are you eligible for Medicare or Medicaid?

I make too much money to qualify for Medicare/Medicaid. I guess I should call my insurer to see what they'll cover, especially with my office doing reimbursements.

I am now driving myself crazy trying to remember the words to the Almond Joy/Mounds jingle that don't spring instantly to mind.

almond joy's got nuts, mounds don't
almond joy's got real milk chocolate, chewy coconut too
mounds' got deep dark chocolate, chewy coconut oooh
sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!

That's how I remember it.

I guess I should call my insurer to see what they'll cover, especially with my office doing reimbursements.

I hope that works okay. You put money into the system, so you should get whatever's covered, right?

Sometimes you feel like a nut.
Sometimes you don't.
Almond Joy's got nuts.
Mounds don't.
Almond Joy's got real milk chocolate,
Crunchy nuts and coconut too.
Mounds got deep dark chocolate
And chewy coconut. Oooh.
Because...Sometimes you feel like a nut.
Sometimes you don't.

note to self: oooh != Ew.

You put money into the system, so you should get whatever's covered, right?

I don't have that kind of system. My remarkably socially aware boss saves huge amounts of money for the company by getting very high deductable plans, and he uses the savings to reimburse us as if we had the lower deductable. He saves thousands of dollars a month.

Thanks! That middle part was just a lot of "something something...chocolate..." in my head.

Which, admittedly, happens a lot with less likely subjects.

Oh where, oh where has my work ethic gone?
Oh where, oh where can it be?
With my paycheck too short and my hours too long?
Oh where oh where can it be?

Is it in the place of a state test, or in addition?

Also, I hear that a lot of schools don't hire until fairly late in the summer anyway. Which sounds seriously nervewracking, but fortunate if you're being screwed over like that.

Emily, AFAIK, most states use the Praxis, but Mass. might be different. And I'm hoping that the late summer hires are what'll get me in the door; I'm pretty sure I can find a job in the KCMO school district, but they are a pretty crappy district, so I'd like to keep my net cast. But I'm hopeful.