What are your vacation plans this summer? sm
Posted By: Georgia gal on 2006-06-06
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I'm getting married in 11 days so my week vacation afterwards will be spent honeymooning in Helen, GA, which is where we're getting married. 
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Oh golly, take the kids on a vacation later. They need this vacation alone Sm
and there is not one thing on earth wrong about their taking it.
OKAY! I need a vacation. Frank and fans of Frank/MQ who won the Hawaiian vacation?
Does anyone know?
Plans for THIS weekend?
Summer has gone by WAY too fast. What are your plans for this weekend? Anyone have a big weekend last weekend? I am not sure what we are going to do. Husband is playing in a golf tournament and I will probably take the kids swimming, maybe work a little. Would be nice.
CHANGE OF PLANS
Check with your old job and see if you can stay (unless you REALLY hate it). At least that is what I would do.
Got any weekend plans?
It's so hot, I may just work instead.
My dinner plans
I am so sorry that your doggy had diarrhea all over your face. OH GEEZ, I didn't realize that is really what you look like - again sorry.
Did your husband know that the plans the mayor of NO used
were the same plans that were specified by the Department of Homeland Security when they did a simulation of this disaster in the 4 years prior? When FEMA was absorbed by the DHS, they did simulations of events like hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. In their simulation called Hurricane Pam, which was only simulated as a category 3, they said that the only place available as a shelter in this type of storm was the Superdome. They studied this for years. The mayor followed their recommendations.
As far as buses being available, the mayor made the public transportation system available for free but that was only inside the city of N.O. He can't make private sector transportation services provide free transportation OUT of the city and then, again, he could have used the public transportation and the school bus system to transport them out of the city, but to where? These people had no money - where were they going to go? The only option the mayor had was to use the recommendations of the DHS and house them in the Superdome. What other city was available in Louisiana that would have housed hundreds of thousands of people in shelters designed to withstand a category 4 (possibly 5) storm? There was none.
There was an article published yesterday in which many administration officials described how FEMA would work since it was absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security and what the responsibilities would be if the president declared any disaster an incident of national significance. It was an excellent article and very eye-opening. FEMA isn't the FEMA we knew from years ago that could act independently and at a quicker pace.
Long Distance Plans
Can anyone suggest a long distance carrier that provides unlimited long distance at a reasonable rate for transcription purposes? I have been told that I have to have a business plan because it is against government regulations to use your home phone line to surf the internet, etc. I have to dial into a long distance number to get my work through a Lanier. I have statellite internet so I do not think I can have Vonage or anything like that where it goes through your PC. I currently pay over $100 a month with taxes and surcharges to have unlimited long distance on one phone line. Is there anything better out there?
Had to cancel my plans again today to do MT (sm)
Although these doctors pay pretty well they are a pain in the neck. I am about ready to give this up altogether.
I have tried other services and they only pay about half of what these guys do. What next? See items on E-Bay?
Long Distance plans
Depends on where you live. Do a Google search for your area. My employer told me AT&T was cheapest, but not in my area, ALL plans here run about 70+ a month for unlimited, but down south, AT&T was about $25/month. Big difference where you live. Hope this helps.
Family holiday plans (sm)
I just had to post this as it reminds me so much of a lady who posted about her family, saying that they were ungrateful.
I was going to take the Amtrak train to visit my family on Thanksgiving, it's only about an hour on the Amtrak, and about $80.00 for the ticket! My stepmother says to me that it would be way to much trouble for them to drive the 15 minutes to the station to pick me up, they are having company that day. My father would spend his whole Thanksgiving day going back and forth to the train station. But I was welcome to come the day before Thanksgiving and stay until the day after Thanksgiving, that way they could drop me off at the train station when they didn't have company. Company meaning her children, who have always come first. So I am supposed to go to their house at an alloted time? I'll be darned if I'm going to do that.
Now I'll be darned if I am going to pay $80.00 for a train ticket to spend a day with a family with this attitude. I told them I won't be coming, I haven't had the time to spend 3 days there and have to work, and they said it would be too much trouble to pick me up at the train station on Thanksgiving. Am I right or wrong in not going on Thanksgiving? Any opinions?
AT &T and other co offer unlimited plans
We have an unlimited longdistace plan with AT&T for only $35 monthly I know there are a few other companies that also offer these type of plans. I would definitlly check into them if I had to pay longdistance charges.
I just got a letter too...please post what plans are available to us...TIA
VoIP plans are the only ones without restrictions
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They do offer individual plans, but they are SM
similar to my insurance at Spheris. A very high deductible, many out of pocket expenses, no prescription drug coverage. Basically, will cover hospital expenses. However, the most out of pocket with them was $5000.00 per year; with Spheris it is $10,000 per year. I believe it cost $250.00 a month.
You could look into it.
long distance plans
I live in NW Ohio and having a difficult time finding a LD carrier that allows for medical transcription. Anyone have any ideas?
We did that for one summer...
It was the worst and we were both resentful of the whole thing. Once he found a great job, everything was better. A good man needs to work, that is just how it is. Now our issue is that because I am at home trying to work and be with the kids, I wind up working from the moment I get up to the time I go to bed. He gets home and relaxes, which really irks me at times, but I am the one who gets to do everything with the kids. I guess it all comes out in the wash.
since last summer
I just keep sticking with it but many days I am this close to throwing in the towel. There are some really nice people there though.
End of the summer, especially
worst time of the hurricane season. However, Aruba is supposed to be just outside of the hurricane belt so you should not have trouble vacationing there, unless you're cruising of course.
A parrot may outlive you, so make sure you have plans
for where it will live after you pass. I thought about getting a parrot, but I decided that it was too much of a responsibility considering how long they live and how much attention they need. If they don't get attention, they WILL have a tantrum like a 2 year old, so make absolutely sure this is what you really want. Also, parrots are LOUD, really LOUD.
I ended up getting female zebra finches and love them dearly. They are not loud and because I have a cage with the seed catch, they aren't too messy. Note: Boy zebra finches are loud, so avoid them if you can't handle the noise. Girls warble, boys squawk.
Program worked well for me, but not the most economical of plans. sm
They do make it easy for you -- meals and snacks all ready, but when I did it 10 years ago, it averaged $80-100 per week, PLUS you still have to buy your milk and fresh fruits and veggies. Still, it was a good plan for me. I walked every day too, and managed to lose 50 pounds. One of the things they taught me is true, though: Your decision to quit exercising is your decision to gain back the weight. Sure enough ... gradually, the exercise dwindled ... the eating habits slipped .. and the weight started creeping back. 
The other poster who mentioned Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine dinners is right -- you can supplement with them for a lot less $$.
Good luck with whatever you choose! 
They don't want to look for their own jobs or figure out their own business plans. They want all
:+
Just 1 in 1 year. No plans to change in the near future.
I have what is perhaps a dumb question about 401k plans. Can you have 2? sm
I am starting a part-time job in addition to my full-time job, and they both have 401k plans with matching, so if I could have both, I could get a little extra on both sides. Somehow, though, I am thinking that probably is not allowed.
Thanks for your input.
Affordable health insurance plans?
Do these exist? Any leads on where to find affordable coverage for employee and 1 dependent?
You purchase the plans which allow so much data to be transferred.
I paid for the $59.99 monthly package, which is a lot of data usuage and have used programs such as Dictaphone ExText and Escription on the road. It seems like someone told me you'd have to pretty much be on it nonstop to use up all the data allowance but you can check it out here..http://b2b.vzw.com/broadband/bbapccard.html
I never even got any time off this summer.
I worked more hours than usual instead of cutting back. Now, summer is almost gone, and I still can't take any time off.
Happy 1st day of Summer!
Any exciting destinations this year? I'm afraid I just don't have anything lined up except WORK. Ewww!
Try $400 and summer has just begun... nm
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I upgraded RAM from 256 to 1 gig this summer for only about
$50 at Best Buy. Maybe $30. And they installed it for me. The $$ included the installation. Just a FYI
My summer has been very busy
but that's because most of the other ICs at my hospital take their vacation this time of year and the work is backed up. It really depends on various factors but there is usually an ebb and flow like the other poster described.
summer slow?
People who are low on work might try working evenings. Doctors tend to dictate after they see their patients during the day.
There is some loss of lines with some companies due to EMR I believe
Cingular and T-Mobile advertise prepaid plans.
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Business plans don't work either...been there done that with SBC & ATT...MTSOs/hospitals need to.
 either offer 1-800 numbers or internet transcription if they want to keep hiring us all over the US....that's it!! Maybe we could all share the cost of a 1-800 number or something, and for goodness sake, with all the technology out there, everything needs to go to digital dictation anyway. Bottom line is MT is NOT allowed for ULD. I even asked about some sort of special ULD transcription package through SBC & ATT and they wouldn't even consider it. So, MTSOs, please listen up...the ULD is going to be a thing of the past real soon. It's a wonderful option to you and it broadens the MT's working capabilities, but without ULD, nobody can rake out that kind of money! We should all put our heads together (MTSOs and MTs) and try to get something going here. We can no longer overlook this situation.
Good luck everyone...I will be holding my breath for us all!
Agree w/the Tessier's, but I don't think plans are in the works for an updated one. :( nm
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Sorry to hear it,, Lyndia. Sickness messes up all plans. SM
That you're nevertheless still able to put money aside is pretty amazing in itself. Feel better soon. :)
My parents both worked and over the summer they LET us go to
summer camp AND it wasn't cheap for them either. Three kids going to camp 5 days a week (Thursdays were skate day), compare that to what that would cost today. My brother, sister, and I were at camp from 8 AM to around 5 or so and yeah we were beat when we got home, but my folks made sure we weren't "latchkey" kids or running the neighborhood getting into who knows what kind of trouble. My folks spent quality time with us, too, in the evenings, on weekends, holidays, and vacation, but they BOTH had to work to support us. So, for the person who has unjustly persecuted CampMom, please try to be more considerate.
P.S. I should also add that my siblings and I have some of the best memories of summer camp. Did I say that I'm 42 years old?
I wish. I have tried 4 babysitters this summer and each one lasted a DAY!
My kids are a little hyper LOL!!
Sort of, but can't be any worse than the AC this summer - over $450
My laptop was a godsend one summer - sm
My airconditioning went out in my house. It was nearly 100 degrees outside and my home was sweltering. I took my extension cord, my laptop, my transcriber (yep, I still had some accounts on tape) and the whole shebang and moved it to the patio. At least there, I could jump in and out of the pool, stay in the shade and thankfully there was at least some movement in the air as opposed to the house. I did that for about 4 days before the air got fixed. It has also been wonderful for traveling.
Now, I have a laptop and an all-in-one desktop from Sony. Even if I need to, I can just take the whole desktop outdoors or on the road becuase it is only about twice the size of the laptop.
Portability is a wonderful thing.
Stolen Summer (2002).
Synopsis
In 1970s Chicago, two boys bridge the sectarian divide between the Jewish and Irish-Catholic faiths and forge a friendship. When the Jewish boy discovers he is dying, his Christian friend vows to assist him in his quest to go to heaven, with predictable reactions from their families. This film is the result of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Project Greenlight and was well received at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
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Last Dance by Donna Summer
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Happy Summer Solstice!!....sm
THIS second a mini-vacation begins for me - until Monday morning!!! *does a happy dance*
Hope everyone gets some time off for a little R&R this time of year!!! 
Kids home for summer
I'm lucky enough to have a 14 year old as well as my 4 year old. She gets extra money over the summer to watch her while I'm working and in the neighborhood that we live in there are so many kids outside, a lot of them good friends who are older, that it's not too much of a problem. I would definitely look into a teenager in the neighborhood who my need some spending money. Also, last year my youngest went to summer bible camp for a few weeks, and old older daughter went along and volunteered so I had a nice break too.
Last summer I applied to 2 companies and sm
was offered positions at 9 and 9.5, which is basically what I asked; I think I indicated I wanted 10 but didn't push it because I was in the same boat as you. I have less experience than you but am a skilled transcriptionist. BTW, I accepted the lower one because it came with a good production bonus schedule that makes my actual pay routinely between 10 and 11 and a good platform that helps me achieve a pretty high line count.
I started college this summer to get out of it!!! nm
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Yes but what you dont understand is MQ plans to bring out a new pay plan which probably will reduce
the base line rate for everyone and then their it on production and that will make a huge difference in what people get paid.
Any unlimited long distance plans for high-volume
I use 7000+ minutes a month but I know that most LD companies now will dump your unlimited plan if they find you using more than 5000 or if they find you are using it for transcription. Has anyone had one of these plans for a while now without problems with high-volume calling? Which one?
? on this ungodly hot summer day, if you could live (and die) anywhere in the world, where would you
choose? Just one choice please and assume it's your very last move in your lifetime so choose carefully.
Sure! As soon as I'm back from my summer home in the Hamptons!
Anyone seen Paul McCartney in concert this summer?
If so, how was it?
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