I want money. It's what I want.

We recently sent out mailers to try to get more business at work, since right now we have so little work that we are only working 3-4 days a week. They decided when they sent out the mailers, to boost the price by about $70, which is almost double, which means we would only need to do half the work we're doing now to make the same amount of money, and if we do the same work we're doing now, we'll make double the money, which is good. My boss said yesterday that he's tired of going through plaster bench people, so he thinks instead of trying to get lots of accounts and hire more people, he wants to just get as much work as the three of us can handle. AND, he said as soon as we secure 2 accounts, he's going to go ahead and give me a $2/hr raise without waiting for my next review in September. Which I REALLY like. Of course, I will have to do some plaster bench work, and maybe some odd jobs sometimes, but, hey, more money is more money. And he said when they get all the current accounts worked up to a higher price, he's gonna put me on salary and then if I only need to work three days, I still get the same pay. I must say, that makes me a little nervous, but you have to take anything Rene says with a grain of salt, so I'll cross that bridge if it ever gets built. But going back to the raise, which I AM counting before it's hatched, if I get it, and work 40 hrs a week, I figured out that I can pay everything I'm paying now, plus some things I'm not, like phone and child support, and I'm even counting gas and insurance and tae kwon do here, I can pay all that, and still have almost $600 a month left over! I still won't be able to move out just yet, but I can start saving a pretty good amount at least! I feel like I just won the very small lottery! YAY! Hooray for money!