Forget It

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My school has offered me a new contract. Not a re-signing of my contract (where I would be entitled to a raise and 2 weeks of extra vacation to go home or to travel), but a NEW one. I would go two months without pay and they offered me the same salary, however, also gave me $100 extra per month to go towards housing. Nice.

As a result, I'm trying to be NICE as Alicia advises me to do, and then forget it, as thingsweforget.com advises me to do. Sometimes it's all I can do to keep my yap closed and not just laugh aloud. Sometimes I actually succeed in this ;)

So I thought about it. Matt and I scoured the area trying to find a better apartment (let me tell you, ours is PARADISE compared to some of these dives), and finally found one that is wicked awesome.

So yes, I thought about staying. For a moment in time. I thought, hey, this life is easy, this life is comfortable. I have extra work that would continue, extra classes at school in the new English Zone (finally)...life is pretty good.

And then I came to my senses. And that was that.

Yesterday the administration and Black Dress met me in the freezing cold principal's office. They wanted to know my final decision. Since I was not prepared yet to give them this, and all I wanted to know was if they were going to pay for my flight home (instead of reimbursing me on August 1...yikes!), I was unprepared for said meeting. No matter though.

"So just to reiterate", I said, "let's review what the school is offering (note, not in writing...this is still just a verbal offer): no additional pay, no two weeks extra holiday, but a hundred extra housing dollars monthly. Right?"

"Oh, well no. We can't pay you that extra $100 and we won't have enough money to (wait for it) pay you in January. You'll get double pay in February, but you'll have to go a month with no pay."

I laughed.

Out loud.

Meeting over.

I find out today about the flight. Once they tell me that, I'll advise them I'm not staying.

After the meeting was over, I asked Black Dress if SHE would stay for that.

"Well, if someone really wanted to work, they would take anything", was her rather soft reply.

I asked again, "would YOU take that offer?"

"No."

Meeting over. Connection with Black Dress finally established.

And we wait...

Korea, you make me laugh.