I've been emailing frantically with Hec for the last hour...I think we're just going to let things go as they are for now.
On Monday I can confirm that there'll be an official review within the first four months and reiterate my issues (without getting personal or specific, because it just seems like a bad idea to look even remotely drama-queeny on my very first day), emphasizing that they're a good enough company and this is a position I feel strongly enough about to take despite the decrease.
Hec's current temp job lasts through February, he's getting dribs and drabs of writing money on the side, and I just did the credit-card-debt renegotiating, so we're okay for the moment. We can definitely survive if I at least stay through the initial review period.
In the meantime, EM will start actively job-hunting after the holidays, and as soon as she finds something Emmett will go back on her insurance.
And also in the meantime, I checked the uni HR site and there's exactly one open job right now that's a perfect match for me in job duties and pay scale. It's been open for a while, so it's obviously something they can afford to leave vacant until they find the right person. I think I want to bookmark it for now and, if it's still open at the end of January (by which time I'll have a bit of a feel for where things are heading with the new job) I'll submit my resume.
JZ, let me know if I can help at all.
the last three CDs I bought were Cake, Sarolta Zalatnay and Social Distortion.
Hmm. Maybe I will attempt a mishmash. How do your tastes run in general? Also, have you been to the Museum of Jurassic Technology? It has been suggested I go there.
(without getting personal or specific, because it just seems like a bad idea to look even remotely drama-queeny on my very first day),
I don't think it's drama queeny to let them know that you are the sole supporter of a family of four. I think it's important for them to know that you are not being greedy, but doing this out of necessity.
EM will start actively job-hunting after the holidays, and as soon as she finds something Emmett will go back on her insurance.
I wouldn't count on that. You may not be able to make that change until the open enrollment period. EM could contribute to you, though.
Damn. I was going to suggest looking into WIC, but I bet they look at gross income, not net (that is, if you could feed your family without insurance, then you're not eligible). Is there ANY chance Emmett could qualify for Healthy Families? Or... argh. Dammit, a livable income for a family of 4 in Sacramento != a livable income in San Francisco!
I'm so sorry, JZ.
Also, have you been to the Museum of Jurassic Technology? It has been suggested I go there.
Dude, never heard of, but looks cool (I love museums). I'm game for that while your here (schedule permitting of course... hate that caveat).
I have been to the Museum of Jurrasic Technology several times. It's one of my favorite places in the world to visit.
To quote Ezra Pound
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...food running short. May have to eat the mules. Sherpa guides getting nervous...the cubicles around us are considered places of evil, or dark magicks and blood. It is only through offering more office kitchen perqs (water and stale xmas cookies) that I can keep them with me. Without them, I am surely lost...in all senses of the word....
