How is the job market here, you ask? There IS no job market here. Unless of course I wanted to work for 1/4 of what I was making. Excuse me for a moment while I laugh hysterically at the idea of accepting a job for that wage. Ahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!! That wouldn't even come close to paying for the daycare expenses for ONE of my kids!! Are you freaking kidding me? I could probably have made more panhandling on the street! And believe me, that was the next step, because as I said THERE IS NO WORK!! NONE! NADA!! So, I am beyond relieved and so grateful to have my job again. I just hope the other people who were laid off with me will find something soon.
And being laid off? Socially, it sucks. No one wants to talk to you. It is like you have some disease and they are afraid they will catch it. It is the same with potential employers...they don't want to hire you if you have been laid off. That part irritates me to no end. Because a layoff is different than being fired. A layoff means that the position was eliminated and that I DID NOTHING WRONG!! THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY JOB PERFORMANCE!! But still, employers view layoff victims as damaged goods. Not fair. Not. Fair.
But, as I said, I am back to work. All is well.
Oh, we had a good Halloween. The Baby was a fat kitty. The Girl was a evil fairy. The Boy was Death. Funny, I thought that they were supposed to dress up for Halloween... :)
Here is my fat kitty:
Cute, isn't she? She kept trying to chew on her tail.
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I'm glad that you got hired again! I totally understand about the not having money thing. That sucks.
BTW, what does Death look like? The Grim Reaper?
Well, it kind of looked like a cross between the grim reaper and that ghost mask from the scream movies...so I just called him Death. He was fine with it. :)
Laser eye surgery: I don't think that insurance will pay for it, because it's elective, though maybe some Flex plans would, but I have no idea.
I got it done at Idaho Eye Center, by Dr. Gardner. Every Friday they do a FREE screening to see if you would even qualify for it to be done. It was $2,000 per eye for the laser (intralase), and it's $300 less for the blade version, which is an older technology but still very effective. The price includes pre-op stuff and followup checkups with my eye doctor.
They do financing options, but you get all paid up FIRST before the surgery. I just saved up until I had the money instead of doing the financing thing, so I don't know how they run that. I'm pretty sure they have a website that might give more info about the financing thing.
So, yeah, it's $4,000, but it's money well spent, for real. I don't regret it for a minute.
Hooray!! SO glad for you!! Your kitty is SO cute!!
Such a cute kitty cat!
I am so glad your job situation worked out. It is pretty scary out there in the job market. I too feel really blessed to have a job even if I'm paid about half what I'm 'worth' (or used to be worth). I have a job and one I love to do. Whew!
Nat - I am totally going to start saving my pennies!
Anybody got any pennies?
... - Thank you!
Cynthia - You are not kidding about the job market. I am so lucky that I was hired back after only 6 weeks!
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