cost of living is minimum raise you should ask for. are there other people who work beside you earning more or less? they probably will pay you commensurate with others' salaries.
Without much information, I might start with asking for a raise of 5-10% and see what happens.
I have good stuff! Cousin Megan is now ranked #57 in women's doubles (US Open season).
I did send it in.
ION, I am going to get a lecture today for sending in my weekly report late. ugh.
My boss does this thing where he is talking about something where starts trying to demonstrate how things are going to go, or how you are thinking about something, by doing a whole imagined conversation.I hates it. Things so rarely go how you imagine them from one side.
Craig's List people:
List the damn dimensions. No one is in the market for any old shelf, no matter the size.
Also, there's this bit of WTF: "Little Black Suitcase. Nice rough wear. Good interior, but a stick is glued inside."
Ha!
I saw a listing the other day for something that was in "mint condition," aside from the several scratches and holes. Um, OK.
Maybe it was minty fresh.
Or had been used to carry pennies until it was bursting at the seams?
I found Mr. Flappy! He is squished behind the linen shelf upstairs, just...well, not CHILLING, because we have no AC and it's 95 degrees up here, but he's somnolent.
And Animal Control is coming over, so I can point him out and run like hell.
Yay!
It's funny how my thoughts keep turning to food, but then I haven't spent a whole lot of time fasting. In fact this may be the longest time except when I've been nauseous.