Good News!

We’ve received some excellent news in the last couple days.

First C received word that one of his first students completed his post tutoring evaluation and scored high enough to get C a bonus! We expect an extra almost $100 on this Friday’s paycheck. I’m proud of C! And I’m very grateful for the extra income this month, both with the increase in hours and now with the bonus. Great job C!

Second I received word today that I’m being given a raise! It’s been about a year and a half since my last raise and then, you may remember, I had to take a 10% pay cut for 9 months last year. I’m very grateful for the 3.4% raise I was given today. Not everyone in my company is getting a raise so I am even more grateful that I was chosen to receive one. The raise is already in effect and will be reflected on my 9/24/10 paycheck. This raise equates to over $200 extra/month pre-tax for us according to my calculations. Once I figure out exactly how much my new take home will be I’ll update our October – December budgets plus our proposed 2011 budgets too.

I think we’re going to be OK with all our extra expenses thanks to these two items. I don’t think we’ll have to take money out of savings to cover anything. My only outstanding worry right now is C and his kidney stone and probable upcoming surgery to remove it.