Angelus ,'Damage'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Not having health insurance for three years made me EXCITED for double foot surgery once I finally had it again.
This is disturbing but not as disturbing as being in a mosh pit with fresh new health insurance and getting kicked in the nose and thinking "Good thing I have health insurance!" before my hand even reached my face.
This should NOT be the faster reflex, people.
Happy birthday, tommyrot!
For when Burrell checks in--your family up here is far enough away from the water not to be at risk, right?
They're fine Perkins, thanks for asking. They are in the tsunami zone, but much of the beach is surrounded by a 30 ft cliff. Sis said the kids even went to school in the late morning when it was clear they weren't in danger.
Oh, that's good to hear!
dcp and Burrell - good to hear that your families are okay.
Glad to hear it, dcp!
Edit: & Burrell!
WEATHER SHIT IS FREAKING ME OUT! THE EARTH NEEDS TO CHILLL!!
ION - I helped a mom/sort-of friend do some house cleaning today. mac and her daughter have a playdate each week and her house is a disaster. messy, over crowded, AND dirty. my house is cluttered, but nothing on this one. The carpet was changing color as I vacuumed. ANd yes, I was vacuuming and she was ok with that. It jump-started me to get some stuff done today, another pile of paper in the bag to be shredded, laundry done, dishes washed, and I did my own vacuuming too.
Now I need to go finish the %^$%^ cover letter. OMG I hate this thing. I am telling myself, just get it done and use the base for all the job listings I find from now on.
The main reason I need to get a full-time job right now is health insurance. Even a shitty paying job that has full-employer paid insurance will save me over $800 a month. That covers afterschool childcare, mortgage payment, and all utilities.
And as things stand now, dictates where I will be working for the rest of my life.
It just should not be this way. Should not.
t /choir
AREN'T YOU PEOPLE GLAD THE GOVERNMENT IS STAYING OUT OF YOUR HEALTHCARE????/
Ugh.
My company got sold to another company, so our insurance is changing. I was on a telecon/webcast yesterday and people were asking about it...and being reassured that while our current insurance ends on 3/31 because we'll all be moving to the new company, we'll get retroactive insurance with the new company. And people were like "But, um, if I end up in the hospital for those two weeks when I don't yet have insurance, I'll have to pay the bills and try to get reimbursed? And the paperwork will be a big clusterfuck?" and the people just did NOT get that. Oy.
I could be a contractor and make lots more money (be paid by the HOUR when I travel, oooh!) but for health insurance (maybe someday, if I marry someone who has some...and whose company provides domestic partner benefits, which are taxed higher than married-couple-benefits!)
MA law forbids pre-existing conditions being a factor. And thank goodness, that will soon be nationwide if the law is not rolled back.
As long as we're praising good government, let's praise Japan (and Chile, and New Zealand) for having strict housing codes and earthquake preparedness and disaster coordination. There are hundreds of thousands of people alive in Japan right now because of it.