OT (sort-of): Whoo-hoo! A $200/month Raise!

That was actually sarcasm.

After FITW, SS, Medical, 401k, and just about everyone else, that'll prob translate into $100/month take home, if I'm lucky.

I know, I should be happy (ecstatic?) about getting another carrot - I mean, raise. However, I was actually expecting something a lot bigger given all the work I've done for my organization and company the past year. But then, this is the shell game that is the working world of the corporate drone. This is THE very reason I am trying so hard to become financially independent - to be free from the revolving door of anticipated monetary fulfillment, just to be disappointed yet again. I keep telling myself to keep doing my day job at a sustainable pace, and concentrate more and more on my RE investing "hobby", and one day I'll be free from these shackles. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.

With the arrival of the twins earlier this year, our monthly net income dropped a lot (diapers, formula, clothes, and so on DO cost a lot for babies - now multiply it by two). I was hoping that I would not only get a raise, but have it compensate for the lost monthly income as a result of the twins. Well, one out of two ain't bad. I guess I could look at the bright side and say "I still have a job!"

Yes, sarcasm again.