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5 years ago
Hello all,
Following up from my journal on December 30th, I have some good news!
First, about the court thing: It's been settled! I was being sued over an old credit card debt, but we've reached a settlement and everything is OK now. I also took the initiative and started paying off my other old credit card, so in a couple of years I'll be completely debt free (except student loans, but I'm taking care of those under a different arrangement).
Second, about my work situation. The raise we were being told about for the last few months looks like it's actually going through! I'm getting a whopping 15% raise, which is both a lot and not a lot since I was making 13.40$/hr and now I'll be making 15.40$/hr. This is going to really help me build up my savings and pay off my debts, so I'm really excited for it.
It's worth mentioning that this is ahead of the minimum pay increase that is mandatory for all jobs in Denver, and in 2022 my pay will go up again to $15.87/hr because of the city's current plans. So having that to look forward is giving me the fuzzies inside, because I have every reason to expect I'll still be working this same job in 2022 (What can I say? I like stability!)
Now, we're still having some difficulties at work, mostly with getting our questions about our benefits answered, but it turns out it wasn't our supervisor's fault. The miscommunication actually comes from higher up- Some of us working there got handbooks which say one thing, some of us got handbooks which say another, and the site website says completely different things on it. The supervisor is aware of the issues now and is looking into getting us some straight answers. Mind you, I'm still upset it took him *this long* to start working on the problem, but better late than never, right?
This morning I had a funny moment when I was cleaning out one of my storage boxes. I found my old migraine medication, which has expired. Back in 2015 and 2016, when I was at my lowest, my anxiety and depression were accompanied by crippling migraines that wrecked me really badly, so I was prescribed a powerful anti-migraine medication that sometimes had the effect of knocking me out. Nowadays, my life isn't perfect, but it has been on so much of an upswing that I hadn't needed to take my migraine medication at all in 2019. Holding that half-full bottle and not being able to remember the last time I needed it felt really good. I'm not sure what to do with the expired meds, though.
Uh, other news. I've made my first deposits into my brand new savings account, which is making me feel good. My goal is to save up enough for emergencies and the occasional convention. I hope to be able to attend MFF again this year after missing last year's con. I've had to drastically cut how much food I'm buying, but I need to lose the weight and stop eating out so often anyways. Might need to hit the hiking trails a few times too, see if I can lose a little weight before MFF now that my stress is starting to go away.
The only bad thing I can think of at the moment is that my teeth are still falling apart, but honestly, I'm kind of just resigned to that at the moment. In the spring I'll see about going to a dental school and being a guinea pig for the dentists-in-training, since I've heard that's a good way to get dental care cheap.
Uhhh... That's all for now, I think! Thank you all for your support!
Following up from my journal on December 30th, I have some good news!
First, about the court thing: It's been settled! I was being sued over an old credit card debt, but we've reached a settlement and everything is OK now. I also took the initiative and started paying off my other old credit card, so in a couple of years I'll be completely debt free (except student loans, but I'm taking care of those under a different arrangement).
Second, about my work situation. The raise we were being told about for the last few months looks like it's actually going through! I'm getting a whopping 15% raise, which is both a lot and not a lot since I was making 13.40$/hr and now I'll be making 15.40$/hr. This is going to really help me build up my savings and pay off my debts, so I'm really excited for it.
It's worth mentioning that this is ahead of the minimum pay increase that is mandatory for all jobs in Denver, and in 2022 my pay will go up again to $15.87/hr because of the city's current plans. So having that to look forward is giving me the fuzzies inside, because I have every reason to expect I'll still be working this same job in 2022 (What can I say? I like stability!)
Now, we're still having some difficulties at work, mostly with getting our questions about our benefits answered, but it turns out it wasn't our supervisor's fault. The miscommunication actually comes from higher up- Some of us working there got handbooks which say one thing, some of us got handbooks which say another, and the site website says completely different things on it. The supervisor is aware of the issues now and is looking into getting us some straight answers. Mind you, I'm still upset it took him *this long* to start working on the problem, but better late than never, right?
This morning I had a funny moment when I was cleaning out one of my storage boxes. I found my old migraine medication, which has expired. Back in 2015 and 2016, when I was at my lowest, my anxiety and depression were accompanied by crippling migraines that wrecked me really badly, so I was prescribed a powerful anti-migraine medication that sometimes had the effect of knocking me out. Nowadays, my life isn't perfect, but it has been on so much of an upswing that I hadn't needed to take my migraine medication at all in 2019. Holding that half-full bottle and not being able to remember the last time I needed it felt really good. I'm not sure what to do with the expired meds, though.
Uh, other news. I've made my first deposits into my brand new savings account, which is making me feel good. My goal is to save up enough for emergencies and the occasional convention. I hope to be able to attend MFF again this year after missing last year's con. I've had to drastically cut how much food I'm buying, but I need to lose the weight and stop eating out so often anyways. Might need to hit the hiking trails a few times too, see if I can lose a little weight before MFF now that my stress is starting to go away.
The only bad thing I can think of at the moment is that my teeth are still falling apart, but honestly, I'm kind of just resigned to that at the moment. In the spring I'll see about going to a dental school and being a guinea pig for the dentists-in-training, since I've heard that's a good way to get dental care cheap.
Uhhh... That's all for now, I think! Thank you all for your support!
"crippling migraines that wrecked me really badly, so I was prescribed a powerful anti-migraine medication that sometimes had the effect of knocking me out" Oh that stuff, that stuff sucks. I suffer chronic migraines that heat makes worse, so when I was working in the south during a heat wave I was . . . incapacitated. As in the: I'm sat at a roundabout and I've forgot how to drive or I'm stood at my sink, toothbrush in hand and I can't figure out which tube/can to use the air freshener/toothpaste/tile cleaner/bleach, chose the air freshener but can't figure out how to use it or the I'm sat at my desk and I feel hungry so I go into the kitchen and apparently I'd made myself food then forgotten about it after plating it but before picking it up, went back to my desk and forgotten that I'd even gotten up.
Anyway went to the doctors, they prescribed that stuff, one a day for a week, knocked me out for 8 hours every time and didn't help at all while I was awake, I'm so happy I quite that job.