...so I've got an official email re the situation with the new school. Their explanation of the whole electric cable thing convinced me, actually. My options now are:
To spend the year doing preparatory work for the school's 2006 opening, under the direction of the school's Principal. The salary and benefits would be the same for 2005-2006 as if I were teaching.
Alternatively, they can offer to pay me three monthly installments of the starting annual salary under my contract to agree to rescind the entire contract, or to rescind only the first year of the contract. The choice would be mine. This payment represents 50% more than the amount the contract requires.
They're being pretty decent, as far as I can see. I guess I'm going to go back to Egypt and take the non-teaching job, then. Probably. Need to think this through, because I'm loath to lose a year's classroom time. But on the other hand I've got a flat full of stuff and a lonely and puzzled cat and my life in Cairo.
bangs head on desk.
Susan, my friend is emailing you for resume services! She's cool. Help her.
Hola Bitches! I just got back from an hour-and-a-half walk with Stephanie and wee baby Ellie, who is adorable and cute and was very well-behaved our entire walk. We strolled around Lake Of The Isles and discussed many fun things. Stephanie is lovely and quite intelligent, and I do believe I managed to convince her that I'm not an axe murderer. It was a lovely time.
Anyone want to come over and rub my temples with fragrant oils and feed me slices of ripened white nectarines?
I would! Um, if I'd been in Cali, and not NC.
Instead he tells me that they're not opening in September after all. That they're delaying opening by 12 months
Holy shit, Fay! Well, I'm super glad I went to see you when I did, then?
And Flatmate was already busily making plans for taking a trip out into the White Desert in November, with "the boys" (our neighbour C, and our friend/now his boyfriend K)
Aww, man, I wanna go on that trip, dude! That would be so much fun!!
I'm very bad about picking up accents from those around me. In the tiny videoclip I have of Fay, I'm saying something to her, and I was really shocked how (faux)British I sounded.
Plus, they didn't even let me get to the door. He knocked, then they just walked in
Good god. That and the walking into Emily's room while she was sleeping would FREAK me right out.
my family
AWW! Love the pic of Mal and Daddy!
I guess I'm going to go back to Egypt and take the non-teaching job, then. Probably
Would it be possible to get a year long job in England, to shore up your credentials/skills? Or would that be too much of a hassle?
Anyway, I have decided on a slightly different tack. We'll see how that goes.
What's the new theory?
I had my riding lesson today and we cantered! Holy mother of god, I forgot how amazing it was. It's like when you first discover exactly *how* good sex can be and it's a whole new thing. Just changes the parameters completely. And I had to learn to use a crop today. Which has nothing to do with sex in this instance. I had no muscle memory for it at all. The trainer handed it to me and it could have been a kettle of fish for all I knew what to do. But cantering was brilliant. Like crack.
vw, not a teacher yet, but anything I can maybe possibly help with?
Sorry, people who've paged me, I've been busy breaking in a new member of my online critique group and have hardly been anywhere online but gmail today!
vw, if you still need anything from me, feel free to email.
Aimee, thanks for recommending me to your friend--I'll watch my inbox.
Susan, who's your new pitcher? He sounds daunting.
Felix Hernandez, age 19, just up from Tacoma after everyone realized he'd learned everything he could at that level. AKA King Felix (God save him and his labrum).
(DH wants credit for the "God save him" bit--the nickname is from the USS Mariner blog and dates to when he was starting to get buzz 2 years back.)
