Gronk!

So, if an employer doesn't pay any of the premium, do folks think it is worth getting dental insurance? I actually have to be at the dentist a lot (soft teeth, lots of cavities. Curses!), but it seems like insurance never pays for very much of what I have to get done.

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?

Tricky - there really aren't many at all at this point. At the main recruiting time one would find upwards of 8000 jobs advertised on the TES website (which is where all the teaching jobs are advertised). There are presently 379. And that's for all of the UK and any International jobs, from Head through to Teaching Assistant, from KG through to University lecturer.

Argh.

I am actually giving serious consideration to approaching my Evil Former Employer and seeing whether he can give me a reason to return to teach at the Evil School.

Lilty, I (and now some of my coworkers) have this: [link] for dental care. I looked around at a lot of options and went with this company. It's about a hundred bucks a year, and it's saved me many times that. Just check with your dentist and make sure they take it, but I definitely recommend it for anyone who doensn't have dental coverage.

Hec, Emmett looks so much like you! Hairless cats are cats, but it's weird to me to think of petting something hairless. Maybe that is why I am still single. You guys and wanting me to get the weird t-shirts! Fay, that's a strange situation. Hope it works out.

Ooh, thanks Brenda. The new job has Delta Dental, but they don't pay any of the premium, and I don't know how much that is. Sure, I will once I start, but right now I'm all full of the anxious and trying to get together a ballpark figure on how much I'll pay for health insurance and stuff.

Next up, I can pay 20% of the premium for an HMO, or 10% for a PPO. No vision included in the PPO, but how big a deal is that really and...oi. Maybe I can make myself just not think about any of that for another week.

Hairless cats are cats, but it's weird to me to think of petting something hairless.

Hairless cats actually have very short fur. They've been described as feeling like a suede hot water bottle.

Hairless cats are cats, but it's weird to me to think of petting something hairless.

Hairless cats feel like suede. Like suede hot-water bottles, really. They aren't hairless like a bald head, or a rat's tail -- they have a very fine fuzz.

t edit Heh. Almost verbatim x-post!

Next up, I can pay 20% of the premium for an HMO, or 10% for a PPO. No vision included in the PPO, but how big a deal is that really and...oi. Maybe I can make myself just not think about any of that for another week.

If you end up going that route, the dental thing I linked includes vision.

Maybe I'm just cold-hearted, but the penguin movie seemed really long to me for a movie about ... penguins.

I understand each of the words individually, but together they make no sense.

Yeah, I know. Perhaps my heart is just two sizes too small.

My Very Handsome Son and the Little Wooden Boy of Love

He is getting so big, and I don't think I've seen him with long hair before.

Huh. I love how suede feels.(But we don't have to go into my leather thing again!) My brother did just tell me he bought a leather couch and I thought if I had one, I'd never leave the house again.(I didn't tell him! He already thinks I have 'sodes.) I...uh, wouldn't treat a cat like that though. And not to worry, Hec. Better life first, then, maybe, if there's room for the both of us, a black leather couch. Although if things play out right, I may not want it anymore.