Oh, and if they won't/can't come up on salary, then still ask for more personal days, or vaca, or a parking space. This has worked for me in the past: I negotiated from a 24K, 1 week of vaca offer, to 25 and 1 week of vaca with my parking paid for.

Answer might still be no, but you never get shit unless you ask for it.

Awesome, Vortex. We have parent and student orientation Tues. and Wed. of next week, and I'd like to have the letter available then.

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Yay for today being Katharine Hepburn day on TMC!

Yay for sj getting her car back!

Yay for me finishing two more CD covers and getting the fetal kick count out of the way early (10 brisk kicks in 90 seconds) and now being fully prepared to spend the rest of the day swooning on the couch drowning in Ms. Hepburn's crisp snarky line delivery and amazing cheekbones.

Also, yay for bathing suits and sarongs and the existence of saucy Buffistas to wear them.

Okay, now I'm all worn out. Off to the couch with me.

We are always instructed to send Kleenex, hand sanitizer, copy paper, etc. to school. Some teachers post a wish list. Markers are a popular item.

The boys read plenty this summer, but I was less than successful getting them to write. School starts Wednesday. Yay!

spend the rest of the day swooning on the couch drowning in Ms. Hepburn's crisp snarky line delivery and amazing cheekbones.

If I lived in SF, I would totally fake sick and come over right now. My Tivo is filling up with our girl Kate all day. I'm particularly looking forward to her autobiographical film and Woman of the Year.

A big Woo Hoo for the car return! TCG should feel comfortable asking for the weekend to think things over. All aspects of the employment remain negotiable. When I have made an offer to potential employees in the past about half the time they have asked for time to mull it over. I'd say about half have discussed the terms further too. If the offer sounds right by all means snap it up. If he doesn't need to think it over and the salary and perks are right then go for it.

I watched "Bringing Up Baby" yesterday. I was gonna follow it up with "The Philadelphia Story", but I fell asleep.

I figure that if only 25% of the students actually bring in Kleenex or sanitizer, I'll be set.

As for the other supplies...well, I'm gonna be a hard-ass on that one. Don't tell me you can afford an iPod or a grill or a quince for you kid, but you can't buy him/her $10 worth of school supplies.

Oh, and a dictionary. Dictionaries are supercheap at garage sales, UBS's and Half-Price Books.

Dear Parents,

Please send Kleenex, as your girls can't seem to stop blowing their noses. I don't *think* it's due to a cocaine habit, but I can't be sure. You might want to search their rooms to be on the safe side.

Lovens,

Erin

Hee! Coke is the 2nd fave drug o' choice at my school, coming in WAAAYYY after weed.