Work and Slavery

I have been trying to plan for the next year here in Vegas, mainly concerning our budget. We have been running things on 1500 a month plus a few sub jobs by Alison that pad the budget. Well I asked my boss to turn me into a full time player from part time over the summer so that we could save for later when we won't have the option of Alison doing the sub job.

My boss said that he wouldn't make the change for me. His reason was basically that I wouldn't possibly be able to save any money because (I don't really know what his reason is) I supposedely wouldn't save anything. He said that you will spend whatever you get and so getting more to save for later would basically do no good because later when you get less you will go into shock. I am pretty disgruntled over this because he is not giving me the money for work I will be doing so he can keep his own salary padded long after the project is done with. It also is boiling down to the fact that he expects me to work full-time and more for only part time pay. Why should he pay more I will do the work anyway. I guess he assumes that I will be resourceful so that I won't starve while working. This is the way things go I guess. This is a situation that I will basically have to bend over and take.

I think that overall I am most distraut because I am being taken advantage of. That drives me nuts more than anything else. Arggh.

Besides the money, the good news is that I will be able to probably get all my research done so that in the fall and spring I will be able to just doing something else besides research to supplement the income. So basically I can earn myself more time for later when it might be able to pay. I just like everyone want the payoff now however. Oh well.

This is really not that big of deal in the short term round of things but for me it is another thing to worry about on the pile of things in life. We found out our child that is soon to be born is facing a serious heart problem that could result in her dying before she is ever born. This means that we will have to go to the doctor several times a week to check on things among other things. I will write a total blog about this later but basically I was hoping for a small thing to bouy us up during this slightly depressing time (We have moved on and are looking toward the future, no use in rotting in the past).

Anyway that is all for now...