I wouldn't do the shared bath thing. I won't even go to beautiful B&Bs in the country, that make you share a bath--never mind in NYC.

Go Team Allyson!!!!

Wait, no... I want someone to pay me to do absolutely nothing at all, no strings attached. That's my dream job.

Sorry, Fay just got that job.

...well, officially I'll be doing "preparatory work for the school's opening in September 2006" - but wtf does that mean? Shmoozing with prospective parents? Planning? I'm baffled. And not entirely sure whether I should accept. I mean, on the one hand, full salary and benefits to fanny around in Cairo. Nice. On the other hand - a whole year of not getting any classroom experience and being thoroughly out of the loop wrt teaching in the UK. Not so good, if this is my career and vocation.

Damn it.

I know that I could walk straight into a job with Evil Former Boss, no bother. He's still recruiting. Or I could accept the payoff and then stay here and temp. Only I'd need to sort things out in Cairo, with the flat and the cat and all that jazz. And I don't want to leave yet. I like my life out there.

t /first world problem.

Just call me MarieAntoinette. Or CousinJean. (On the plus side, might get that novel written...)

Fay, are there any openings where you are right now? would it be possible to let them buy out the first year's contract and then go back the year after instead? What is your flatmate planning on doing?

OTOH, you might be planning overarching curriculum materials and programs and such. Talk to them about the details and maybe even hint at your concerns about being out of the teaching loop. WHo knows? Maybe there is a small group of parents who might be interested in this school on a reduced size scale and you could lobby to teach a class in a hotel conference room or something.

I honestly don't think going back to evil boss is a good idea AT ALL.

I fear the "helping out" moniker. Cause that seems like a lack of job description in a way that could end up bad.

Also, if you let them buy out the first 3 months, can you finagle a ticket too to go back and retrieve what you need, deal with your flat and kitty etc?

All very good questions. I'm pretty sure that my flatmate will return to Cairo, even if she isn't offered classroom work. And in terms of social life and so forth, I want to go back. I like sharing with flatmate, I like my cat, I like my neighbours, I have friends in Cairo - I'm not finished with the place. But the whole not-teaching thing has thrown me for a loop. If I do accept it, I'll be actively seeking tutoring work for the evenings to keep me on my toes (and supplement my income, 'cause why not).

The alternative would be to accept a 3 month payoff and try to get temp work in the UK. And that's probably the smart move, careerwise, really.

Feck.

Don't know. Will sleep on it.

94th St is way the hell uptown. The other two are much more central, so not knowing either one personally, I'd pick the private bath.

Corn Flakes:

Homeland Security's been gassing us again:

Scientists released harmless tracer gases in midtown Monday as part of a study designed to better understand how airborne contaminants would flow through the city's streets.

"We want to be prepared if something nasty gets into the air," said Paul Kalb, a senior research engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton.

In four locations, researchers released the colorless, odorless gases using syringe pumps, which slowly dispense several milliliters of the tracer in liquid form at regular intervals. When the tracer leaves the pump, it evaporates almost immediately.

West 94th is right by an express stop on the 2/3 so its a quick 10 minutes to the theatre district -- but I can't get the link to load and I can't place the building in my head as far as telling you what it's like, etc. (its my neighborhood)

How far back do I have to go to find out what Allyson's good news is?

Did anyone else watch the Peter Jennings tribute tonight? Mostly, it was very good, but the regular Disney announcements were a bit repititious.

Connie, damn! where is that?

What a weird situation. {{{Fay}}}

wrod.