Raise!

I checked my paycheck, and discovered that the raise I was promised has been approved! My paycheck is now 3% larger, which amounts to about $100 extra in my pocket each month. Not a large raise, but still a nice thing to have. If I add the little stepping raise I got when I moved to Quest about 7 months ago, it adds up to about 7.2%.

It also means that $30 extra is going into my 401(k) every month. This is a really good thing because not having any offspring nor real estate, I pay taxes like you wouldn't believe. In fact, my 401(k) is pretty much my only tax shelter.