Oh, thanks Sparky!!! Any advice on rates is appreciated too.

Fay - that sucks the mighty one.

Hey there, my lovelies - apologies for skipping some 300 posts. SO sorry to hear about your friend's experience, Empress - wishing them all health and heart-whole-ness in the wake of this fuckup.

So, yeah - not so much with the goodness on the Employer front in the world of me. But I've had a nice evening (singing in choir at the Christmas service at All Saints Cathedral, then going out for a couple of drinks with friends and fellow singers, during which we bumped into a friend who left Cairo last year and is now working in Thailand - but who has come back for Christmas. And then we sang carols all the way home. And I ate a peanutbutter cookie, even though I know it's just empty calories. Just because) and I'm choosing to subscribe to the "this is because there's something better out there that I'm meant to do/somewhere I should be/someone I should meet" school of hopeful fatalism.

'cause in this instance, I simply haven't done anything remotely sackworthy. At all. Even slightly. So they're being fuckwits of the highest order. And I don't want to work for fuckwits of the highest order.

...still not very cheering, though.

Oh, Aimee, that is just horrible. I am so sorry.

Fay, that is also horrible. Good grief.

Could we use some good news? My mom just accepted a job! Her contract was ending in January, and her employer has been treating her like crap, so she really wanted to leave on her terms. And she's going to be able to! She's gotten a job at one of the known best employers in New England. I'm so very happy for her.

I really don't understand what is going on over there Fay. It isn't that easy to find someone who is willing to stay and teach in a forgien country. They pay is never enough to be a great motivator and it isn't easy. My BIL didi it in Japan - and while he didi meet his wife there - being in rural Japan was not easy. so bizzare.

{{aimee's friend}}

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yay for Vw's mom!

Fay - I just want to add Seattle to your list for consideration. Cause really nice town, climate has been described to me by my one Scottish acquaintance, as "like Scotland, except much warmer".

Yay for the mom of vw!

I'm sorry they are being stupidheads Fay. Florida is always looking for teachers! Don't believe the stories you hear about hurricanes. That's just propaganda to keep out the uncool people.

Ack, Fay, that's dreadful. I hope you find something wondeful right away.

MG, good luck with the visit, and don't panic. It will be over and taken care of soon.

FAY!! {{}} For the best~ma, love.

Yay, vw's mom!!!

In additional good news front, I got a raise today. Decent, not great. And a bonus. Well, I'll get the bonus with my Jan. 13 paycheck, but it's nice. Verra nice.