Ahem. I had dinner with the girl from last night. And then went over to her house. Which turns out to be all of maybe half a mile from Barb's new place! Good times were had by all. Heh.
EXCELLENT!
Also, we need to do dinner again.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Mar 14, 2010 8:45:39 pm PDT #13014 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Pix - Mar 14, 2010 8:47:25 pm PDT #13015 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
{{{Shir}}} I'm so sorry to hear about your dog.
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meara, I'm doing the woo hoo dance for you right now. Awesome!
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bt, I hope you all find a way to get her parents out without ten years or a ton of money.
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I have finally finished writing my statement of educational philosophy. WOOT! I need to sleep before I look at it again. I've been wrestling with it all weekend and have no perspective on it at the moment. Wish me luck for tomorrow; I have meetings with the Head of School and my division director to let them know what's going on and ask for a recommendation.
meara - Mar 14, 2010 8:52:56 pm PDT #13016 of 30000
meara, I'm doing the woo hoo dance for you right now. Awesome!
...I read this as the HOO HOO dance. And was a little frightened.
Barb, we totally do. I'm in town for the next two weeks, shockingly! Let's plan...
Shir - Mar 14, 2010 8:53:30 pm PDT #13017 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Good luck, Pix.
Pix - Mar 14, 2010 8:55:12 pm PDT #13018 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
...I read this as the HOO HOO dance. And was a little frightened.
Numfar, do the dance of Nooky!
billytea - Mar 14, 2010 9:02:23 pm PDT #13019 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wow, that's a long time! That sucks. Will they be able to do more extended stays like they have, or no?
That's some good news, they can come out on a temporary visa again, even if they've applied for a permanent visa. (Some places get a bit antsy about granting temp visas after you've already indicated you want to move there permanently.) We can also do video chat with them, though I think they're not so keen on that. We've tried it before and I think the connection isn't the greatest.
There is a reason why it costs a lot to get an expedited visa. Australia has a universal health insurance system, Medicare. Permanent residents are entitled to full benefits, which means that if they move out here, the government is liable for (most of) their health care. Especially at their age, that can be expensive. Since they haven't been part of the tax base, the charge is to cover them for the ten years or so before the standard wait time would be over.
But it still sucks for us dealing with it.
omnis_audis - Mar 14, 2010 9:05:33 pm PDT #13020 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
my brain is in overdrive. Waiting all weekend for the money offer part of the job thing is killing me. I know they weren't going to call this weekend, but I was hoping they'd have called Friday. After wresting with my mind for awhile and deciding that I do want the job, my brain is playing with me, fearing that they will lowball me on salary, thus having me to turn down the gig. I know HR gal has talked to 2 of my references (I listed 5, she needed to talk to 3). I expect the call will come tomorrow. So. Rather anxious. I suspect tonight, sleep will be more toss/turn than sleep.
DavidS - Mar 14, 2010 9:23:47 pm PDT #13021 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's funny, billytea, but I believe that Ryan's ability to remember his grandparents isn't as important as his sense of security/trust that they've helped foster.
Ryan's clearly a very happy kid, who knows he's loved. That's what you try to give them at this age.
His grandparents don't get memory-credit for that, but you and Wallybee don't either. He won't remember what has been done for him, but he'll know it on a deeper, not-quite-conscious level.
(One of my early epiphanies as a parent was that Emmett would never remember any of the hardest stuff I had to learn as a parent. He wouldn't have any memory of all the times I was up with him at 3am, or nursing him through his first stomach virus.)
And he'll build a relationship with them over time. Extended visits, summers, traveling will be very memorable and important to him.
billytea - Mar 14, 2010 9:26:55 pm PDT #13022 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Are they from mainland China? or HK? Or Taiwan?
They're from the mainland, a city called Hangzhou. It's a couple of hours' drive from Shanghai (where they're from originally). It was the capital of China during the Southern Song dynasty, and there are some lovely gardens and temples and such like around the West Lake (the area has a national reputation.)
omnis_audis - Mar 14, 2010 9:37:47 pm PDT #13023 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I'm trying to come up with a formula working backwards to figure out what I need to make.
If average housing costs H, and H should be 35% of take home pay. Then takehome should = H/.35
Now, if Take home is equal to Gross (x) minus 10% for retirement, minus 30% for taxes, roughly speaking, take home is X-40%. So, I have rental prices for the area, what is the formula to add 40% back to take home? Ugg. mental block. probably over thinking this.