Payraise

The word that those of us who work rural postal routes were going to be a payraise was confirmed today. I found out in my paycheck that my pay went up to $18.50 an hour. The payraise was part of the last contract the rural carriers union had negotiated with the Postal Service. The raise was 1.5% which in the case of substitute carriers worked out to 26 cents an hour. I was delighted to get any kind of raise at all. It'll help me pay off my bike, top up my IRA and pay off the future trip to Ireland I hope to do that much sooner.