Pay stuff

Well, I sorta got my retro pay raise from the first half of January. The paystub said the net pay was $13...the gross was $169.  Where did it all go? LOL. It went to my 401k. That's an error on the payroll company's fault. I have my 401k withholdings set up as a flat $ amount per REGULAR payroll period. (vs. having a % of all my pay withheld). So, when I get a bonus check, there is no 401k withheld from it.  So, this extra "retro pay check" should not have had a 401k withdrawal on it.  I also got my regular check and the $115 was withheld, too. So, I ended up having $115 withheld 3 times this month, instead of 2 times.  If the raise had been on the first check (they forgot to enter the raises) I would have gotten the extra $169 with that check and only had 401k withheld one time for that income.

oh well, not that big of deal. Just extra retirement savings, but I had budgeted for that money once I knew it was coming.  It also doesn't appear this payroll company has started the new tax tables yet with the tax cut. I'll have to look over the old tax table compared to the new one, but my federal tax % rate was actually a bit higher than it usually is and according to the new tax table I looked at last week, it was supposed to go down a bit and give me about an extra $40 per paycheck.

Our building loan appraisal has been ordered. Now about a 4 week wait, I guess. Since we're "out in the boonies", according to them, the appraisals take about 4 weeks.......and cost more to come "way out here".  Which is kinda ridiculous.  Our property is about a 35 minute drive west of the city.  10-25 miles south of the city is a valley of towns that has boomed with houses and population in recent years. Lots of traffic to get down there, and probably would take a good 35 min or more to get down to appraise all those places, but they don't consider that farther away. Dumb.

I'm hoping to start picking up a little extra money from my side job. Quite awhile back (like 6 months) I offered to do more work, since I have more hours per week living here and not commuting 7 hours a week of my time, like I did where I used to live. I think she just kind of forgot about our discussion/my offer to take on some other tasks. I decided to email/remind her about it. She did email me back right away, but was on her way to a deposition hearing and so her mind was bogged down with that issue. I'll probably have to ask again, but if I can earn a couple hundred more per month, that would be great, so I'm going to keep offering. I know she has more on her plate than she has time for. I'm hoping she takes me up on the offer.

She actually texted me last Friday evening, 5pm her time asking if I was available? She was at the attorneys office and they needed a date on a lunch meeting that took place with the guy they are suing. She knew she had the info at their office, but couldn't get that to the attorney until Monday and thought maybe I could look up the expense report and give her the date. No problem. Within 2 minutes I had the info to her. I was glad I could get the info to them and quickly, as I know she's and her husband (company owner) are under a lot of stress from dealing with the lawsuit,