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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
the WEEK in REVIEW
so, the whole lot of us is sick to varying degrees right now, daughter feels the best while me and partner are neck and neck I think.
Partner's exhibition Sunday past went splendidly with her and her crews EASILY getting the most traffic and lots of kudo's from said spectators. I think they did an amazing job. Since then, partner has just been trying to get back into the groove on her main work. In a spoiler, partner got a small award to do some of her field work... 300GBP. This is great as she has been really concerned how she was going to do it with our general lack of funds, an issue we are trying to address.
Daughter is slowly recovering from yet another cold, man for such an overall tough kid she sure has a puny constitution, bless her little cotton socks. Took her to Royal Holloway's garden party, Sunday past as well, were she got to split some fish and chips with me, buy some cotton candy and play some games. It is not the greatest thing in the world but it is a nice way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon. The friend of hers, and the girls family, would like to do another joint trip like we did over the school break and visit another museum.
As for me, just been working and dealing with ridiculous schedule changings just to try and keep on top of my hours. My contract hours have been increased from 18hrs weekly to roughly 28 but my scheduled hours, what my manager puts me on the books for, has dropped from about 35hrs to said 28. Obviously even at 35 we are having trouble with money so 28 was quite untenable, we did lose the other evening person though so I took on 2 of her night shifts (I also have one every other week on my schedule) and those 12 hours put me up to 40. So I will not only be doing more hours that way but 2 hours out of each of those night shifts are "anit-social" hours and are paid at time and a half plus I am doing every other Sunday which essentially puts me at 43 hours every week. Partner does not like that I am working some evenings again and would like me home more but, we agree that we need the money also. I am however home every day for supper, Monday and Wednesday I work double shifts with a three hour split, and have every Saturday daytime off.
The next paycheck is going to have to be handled extremely delicately as it will have to last an extra week when my company switches from paying us on the 20th of the month to the 27th. I also need to keep on my manager about getting in contact with HR or whoever handles payslips as my last two were a little light and I want to go back and check from January, partner accidently left payslips in the US, to be sure I am getting what I am supposed to. I will likely call my debtor and ask for a reprieve just to be sure I have the money and then pay them a little extra from the next payday.
Once we are done paying back our utility company for the winter, I think one or two more and we are caught up, I want to call them about a better utility plan they offer and to ask them to take out a bit more than that so we are ready for the upcoming winter, I really would like to start getting ahead of the ball on some things. The company, who does have the best rates our rate now (not their best :( ) is still better than most other suppliers offer, got us into a low tariff but the monthly debit did not cover our usage and so we are hurting now for it.
That combined with credit card re-payments and recent dental work for myself have been eating up a vast amount of my very modest monthly income, leaving only just enough for groceries. The dental work is done for now, I have a practically new tooth, but it will be supplanted by payments to partners card. I believe some money can be saved through contacting my cable provider and getting a new plan and then more when the utilities are caught up. I am also going to plan out any collecting I do better as well as hold on to the money and buy at the end of the month so as to make sure I have the money if I need it.
Peace... Love
Prowl
Please visit other sites I work on
The Nation of Heliotrope
Exploring London's Olympic Waterscape
Partner's exhibition Sunday past went splendidly with her and her crews EASILY getting the most traffic and lots of kudo's from said spectators. I think they did an amazing job. Since then, partner has just been trying to get back into the groove on her main work. In a spoiler, partner got a small award to do some of her field work... 300GBP. This is great as she has been really concerned how she was going to do it with our general lack of funds, an issue we are trying to address.
Daughter is slowly recovering from yet another cold, man for such an overall tough kid she sure has a puny constitution, bless her little cotton socks. Took her to Royal Holloway's garden party, Sunday past as well, were she got to split some fish and chips with me, buy some cotton candy and play some games. It is not the greatest thing in the world but it is a nice way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon. The friend of hers, and the girls family, would like to do another joint trip like we did over the school break and visit another museum.
As for me, just been working and dealing with ridiculous schedule changings just to try and keep on top of my hours. My contract hours have been increased from 18hrs weekly to roughly 28 but my scheduled hours, what my manager puts me on the books for, has dropped from about 35hrs to said 28. Obviously even at 35 we are having trouble with money so 28 was quite untenable, we did lose the other evening person though so I took on 2 of her night shifts (I also have one every other week on my schedule) and those 12 hours put me up to 40. So I will not only be doing more hours that way but 2 hours out of each of those night shifts are "anit-social" hours and are paid at time and a half plus I am doing every other Sunday which essentially puts me at 43 hours every week. Partner does not like that I am working some evenings again and would like me home more but, we agree that we need the money also. I am however home every day for supper, Monday and Wednesday I work double shifts with a three hour split, and have every Saturday daytime off.
The next paycheck is going to have to be handled extremely delicately as it will have to last an extra week when my company switches from paying us on the 20th of the month to the 27th. I also need to keep on my manager about getting in contact with HR or whoever handles payslips as my last two were a little light and I want to go back and check from January, partner accidently left payslips in the US, to be sure I am getting what I am supposed to. I will likely call my debtor and ask for a reprieve just to be sure I have the money and then pay them a little extra from the next payday.
Once we are done paying back our utility company for the winter, I think one or two more and we are caught up, I want to call them about a better utility plan they offer and to ask them to take out a bit more than that so we are ready for the upcoming winter, I really would like to start getting ahead of the ball on some things. The company, who does have the best rates our rate now (not their best :( ) is still better than most other suppliers offer, got us into a low tariff but the monthly debit did not cover our usage and so we are hurting now for it.
That combined with credit card re-payments and recent dental work for myself have been eating up a vast amount of my very modest monthly income, leaving only just enough for groceries. The dental work is done for now, I have a practically new tooth, but it will be supplanted by payments to partners card. I believe some money can be saved through contacting my cable provider and getting a new plan and then more when the utilities are caught up. I am also going to plan out any collecting I do better as well as hold on to the money and buy at the end of the month so as to make sure I have the money if I need it.
Peace... Love
Prowl
Please visit other sites I work on
The Nation of Heliotrope
Exploring London's Olympic Waterscape
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