Well, today I applied for a Kaiser plan. I hope it doesn't take too long for them to review it and let me know either way. I have until 4/30 to pay the premium for COBRA coverage. I'd rather not, but at least it's a plan B. The Kaiser plan I got is about $400 a month including basic dental (Delta Dental). I was really tempted to go for a cheaper plan but two surgeries last year has scared me out of going cheap. Those surgeries would have been about $25,000 each out of pocket! For outpatient!
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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javachik - Apr 17, 2012 5:50:19 pm PDT #852 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
Typo Boy - Apr 24, 2012 4:10:06 pm PDT #853 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Launching a Kickstarter Friday. In the meantime a preview is available and feedback would be very welcome.
javachik - Apr 24, 2012 4:37:13 pm PDT #854 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
Oooh best of luck, Typo!
Typo Boy - Apr 24, 2012 6:07:01 pm PDT #855 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Thanks Java. Could really use feedback/critiques - look & feel, clarity, and so on. Then Friday I go live and actually start begging for money!
NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2012 7:16:38 am PDT #856 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
I've not said much in here lately but business has been going pretty welll. I've been working on getting a lease set up to make a large equipment purchase. It's a new console and 10 more channels of wireless. I just got the email that I'm approved for the full amount. I'm now finalizing the order. I'm both excited and nervous. Up to this point I have owned all of my gear outright. This is the first time I will have to support a pease payment on rental gear. It's the right decision so that the company can grow but it's more than a little nerve wracking.
Stephanie - May 10, 2012 7:50:16 am PDT #857 of 1416
Trust my rage
The life of the self-employed - either you are exhausted and overwhelmed, like ND these last weeks, or you are sitting in your office with nothing to do, feeling like you will be broke shortly. There is no middle ground.
Strix - May 10, 2012 8:08:10 am PDT #858 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Stephanie ain't wrong; I feel ya, sister-girl.
I'm on the upswing, a bit, but the beginning of 2012 has been a little dry money-wise for me.
Here's hoping that will change; I'm doing a trial edit for another publishing house, so maybe I will have two freelancing gigs editing books. And this would be developmental editing, with line editing as part of the package, so I would get some useful experience. I would LOVE to edit for Hachette or Luna or Orbit -- some great fantasy and para romance titles.
NoiseDesign - May 10, 2012 9:32:59 am PDT #859 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
Thankfully things look like they will level out for a bit for June and July, unless another batch of crazy work comes it.
Right now I'm out in Orlando working on a new show and more poor full time employee is back in Los Angeles trying to keep all the other projects afloat while I'm doing this. He's mixing a musical, putting in a new show for the observatory, and a new thing for Six Flags, and I've got another team working on a project for The House the Mouse Built.
Pix - May 10, 2012 4:50:32 pm PDT #860 of 1416
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
The life of the self-employed - either you are exhausted and overwhelmed, like ND these last weeks, or you are sitting in your office with nothing to do, feeling like you will be broke shortly. There is no middle ground.
Yep, this.
Jessica - May 10, 2012 5:40:27 pm PDT #861 of 1416
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
For reasons unknown to me, Google just sent me a $100 Adsense gift card. Would anyone in here like to have it? I really have no use for it at all - I'm guessing they sent it to me because I'm technically an officer on a corporate board, but the corporation is an apartment coop, not the kind of business that markets anything!
Let me know by email and I'll send you the code and URL.