My first pay day at the gas station is tomorrow, so I was given my pay stub today seeing as I’m going to be off the next four days. I knew that the cheque would be more generous than I had calculated because I no longer need to have extra money taken off to pay to Revenue Quebec (whee!), but the amount seemed really off. So, I looked at the hourly rate and discovered, to my great pleasure, that I’m being paid a dollar more an hour than I had been told at hiring!

A dollar more an hour might not sound like much, but it’s significant. At a 24 hour part-time schedule (which is what I’ve been having so far) paid at minimum wage I could not meet my fixed expenses. At nine dollars an hour I can. If I get up to 40 hours a week, then I’ll be able to live. It won’t be enough for the other things I need to be saving up for, spring travel and renos, but it would be enough to live comfortably for the winter and to travel. So, a dollar more an hour is extremely significant and I’m grateful. There was also a nice note on the pay stub from the owner.

Today is the start of a 4-day weekend that will end with a brutal 6AM start time next week. I had made a note to myself to come home with Doritos seeing as Croft and Norma left me tons of salsa, cheese, and refried beans, so celebratory nachos were in order. Well, ‘The Chip Guy’ came in today and pulled the out dated (still edible, but too old to sell) product, which we are allowed to take home. I scored four huge bags of Cool Ranch Doritos, more than enough to get me through all that salsa, cheese, and refried beans over the next few months. As Croft would say, life is good!

My happy mood was not spoiled by the fact that the auditor came in today. He’s the guy who goes around nitpicking everything and who gave me grief for a leaf on the floor. *rolls eyes*

Next week, I have two solo eight hour closing shifts to do!

It’s amazing what a difference nine days make.