OMG I can’t believe I almost forgot to mention this. I got my retro payraise check today! All those months of negotiations the union went through to get us the EXACT amount that non-union people got meant that we were in a holding pattern for months. The bigger picture is that our previous contract expired last September or so, and since they were fighting for more money, we didn’t get anything until they were done. Well, our payraise went through last month, and today the University issued us all the retro pay for that raise.

My check was bigger than some people’s, because I got the across the board raise AND a merit increase for my 1-year review. What’s funny is I finally get this merit increase a mere month before I’m due for my second one (State Budget permitting).

Anyway, I am now $640 richer, woohoo! Too bad I’m going to put most of it toward one of my student loans. It’s nice while it’s still sitting in my bank account though… :)

Posted at 3:45 PM |