Yesterday I was busy with both my jobs. Trying to get year end stuff battened down to get to the CPA's for taxes. Busy busy. I have more time with my full time job to get this done. That CPA always files an extension so never gets it done until August, LOL My side job's CPA likes to get it done quickly. I'm surprised they haven't emailed me already asking for it.
Last night was a book club meeting. Sort of... About 10 days ago one of the ladies emailed that so and so was out of town on a family medical emergency and probably wouldn't be back. Should we postpone it until February. A few replied they were having trouble finishing the book and would be fine with waiting. Then my property neighbor replied that, while she was having trouble finishing the book, at the meeting before last they had all agreed we need to stop canceling and postponing. Finally, she just put out an email that said everyone is invited to her house for a dinner get together and we can just talk about whatever, no rsvp needed. Just come if you want.
Well, only 2 of us showed up! The other lady had finished the book and while I hadn't finished it either, I had seen the tv mini series of it (11.22.63 by Stephen King), so knew how it turned out and we shared that with my property neighbor. Then we ate a yummy dinner of Costco chicken fettucine, salad, rolls, soup and I had brought some cheese and crackers. I guess property neighbor had told the other lady, before I got there, that she had decided to take a break from book club for a few months. Not sure why, but I'm guessing she's not enjoying all the cancellations, because one or two can't be there or didn't finish the book.
My boss just called. Good news. She wanted to tell me what my raise is. $4,000 a year, so more than I was expecting. I'm very happy with it. And it goes retro to 1/1 so there will be a little extra on my next check for that, too. Plus I earn another 10% of that for bonus, so in total it's a $4400 a year increase. My goal is kind of over the few years that salary increases would end up covering most of what I make on my side job - that way if I ever lost that job for some reason, I wouldn't be hurting much at all. But, I was emailing the co-owner lady of my side job some financial statement info and she replied back that I can't retire before she does or she will be lost. I said that's what my full time boss always tells me too. Don't worry - I'm working forever LOL.
I totally agree with not cancelling! That would irk me to no end. That seems to be a good raise. Congrats. It sounds like you have job security. Keep 'em in the dark. lol
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to get a book read and then the meeting gets canceled or they decide to change books for the next month. I'm kind of thinking it's too large of group, so too many opinions and people wanting to postpone or change
DeleteCongrats on the raise! That will come in handy with your upcoming house build! I'm glad you still went to your book club. If anything, it is good for socializing.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I figured - it was good to just get out of the house and visit.
DeleteWow that's a nice salary raise. Our salaries are blocked so not even a cost of living increase for about 10 years now. Oh well. I do ok as I am I guess. We have a book club at work but I know I wouldn't like having to read a specific book. Which is weird really because if reading was an Olympic event I could probably read for Britain. Actually I'm just sitting here now looking at my coffee table and I just counted 15 books waiting to be read. I agree with your friend though, to have people constantly cancelling would finish me off. Anna
ReplyDeleteI haven't quite decided if I like reading a specific book or not, but it's good for me to get out and be with others once in a while
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