TGI Friday-daily chat,17th...

ZTD

Gemmzie wrote: »

Dating is a minefield, online just makes the area bigger.

I try the being friends with them first. If I don't like them as people, I'm not going to be going out with them.

Doesn't always go as smoothly as it should, but I have picked up friends along the way - that's a win for me.

Burlesque_Babe

that is a real mess SRM......

ZTD

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

just realised - this weekend and Monday (a day I don't go to the office) will be one I only have AQA to concentrate on! No teaching or planning until September and my teacher training resumes in September, all the exams I'm due to invigilate are done.........I only have 2 jobs for 6-7 weeks - that almost feels like I'm coasting!! :rotfl:

Remember the other jobs though. You are going to be at least an Independent Financial Advisor to your XOH...

schoolrunmum

Spitting doesn't even BEGIN to describe it. And yes Z,I do keep money in other a/c just in case,but unbelievably I shifted most of it back into A and L by cheque a few days ago to put in savings a/c...which I can't access due to PIN non arrival-arrgghh, it's like I'm on some endless nightmare treadmill...
Z-why do you think bank has leak?

Gemmzie

ZTD wrote: »

I try the being friends with them first. If I don't like them as people, I'm not going to be going out with them.

Doesn't always go as smoothly as it should, but I have picked up friends along the way - that's a win for me.

I do the same, but after two evenings out/dates they seem to either be leeches or trying to get me into bed.

LouiseJ

Evening lovely lot.

Happy times ahead for the next 5 weeks anyway, I cant help feeling as though I have been given the short end of the stick for going back in September though:rolleyes:

BB do you have a banding system at your college for lecturers? If you know anything about it can I pick your brains:D

Snaggles

To add to the confusion, he is now chatting to me as though nothing is wrong BUT there is still no flirting. Feel like screaming 'I fancy the pants off you, you idiot, flirt with me a little bit at least!!!'.

I agree, online dating is very tricky. I did meet Mr Sunday online, but thankfully the majority of our relationship has been conducted offline. Talking about anything emotionally charged online causes no end of problems, because when you take tone of voice and facial expression out of the equation, the meaning can be lost so easily.

Burlesque_Babe

ZTD wrote: »

Remember the other jobs though. You are going to be at least an Independent Financial Advisor to your XOH...

to be honest, he hasn't asked. I gave him the Martin advice of put what you can in an ISA, then drip feed the max each month into a high interest account. I've shown him how to slash his budget to try to get an extra month from his 3 months notice money before he has to start using his redundancy money (and he has 5k coming from the insurance company) and if he really reigned his food spending in, (he admitted he spends around £400 a month on himself :eek:) he could stretch his notice money until the end of next term. I said any work he gets coaching over the summer and then any supply work - bung it towards stretching the notice money out. His CV has gone to about 350 schools in Dorset and a couple of schools have put him on their list for supply this week, but he has left it too late for a permanent post in September so he needs to be looking at as much supply as possible for next term whilst securing a post for January.

He seems calm really, better than I imagined but I don't think the reality that he is now out of work has actually hit him.

Drea2904

Hey all, not much been on this page, but i like the chat ladies!!!! Hope you are all well and happy its the wkend.xx

Burlesque_Babe

LouiseJ wrote: »

BB do you have a banding system at your college for lecturers? If you know anything about it can I pick your brains:D

hmmmmmm.......we have a kind of ad hoc one - very ad hoc. All tutors are sessional only so 2 hours work = 2 hours pay. The (very) rough bands are

unqualified (teaching non-accredited)
part qualified (teaching non-accredited)
qualified (teaching non-accredited)
qualified (accredited - GCSE's/A levels)
qualified (Skills for Life)

It's not quite so cut and dried as that though as some seem to have a kind of 'legacy' rate which is possibly higher than they should be on from before the current rules about what constitutes qualified came in and now everyone has to get qualified to at least CTLLS within the next few years.

I'm on the part qualified rate. Rates are £16.71 - £22.00. they are just about to announce new rates, apparently it's all tied in with the IfL and continuing professional development and some may have a small pay cut.