Substantially Better

I'm getting a raise at work that will increase my bi-weekly paycheck's value by a significant amount. Like actually significant. Not "poor person" significant.

This - along with the title change, which is just gravy on the cake...or something - will be a boon to my sanity, since Not Buying Stuff has been especially difficult lately. It is never more tempting to break budget than when you are shopping for other people (the holidays and everything) and you see something for yourself...everywhere you turn. It's really, ah, crazy-making.
It's also good because I was this close to quitting, for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that they weren't paying me enough to get regularly brow-beaten by my drug-addled boss for mistakes which I almost certainly didn't commit, but we will never know because he never gets around to saying what his problem is before hanging up on my stuttering, confused apologies. "Sorry? Sorry? Sorry?" Half the time I'm kind of contrite, the other half I can't tell what it is he's screeching about.

The bad part is that my shiny, new, stable schedule is officially out the window, as of next week. Where I used to take pride in my Monday-Friday schedule that ended every day at 5 on the dot, just like a real job, now I will be working weekends, and have some weekdays off. FUCK! I will see how much pressure I can put on my boss to make it better, but I've essentially dipped the quill in my own blood...all I have left to do is put pen to evil contract dotted line. I'm a little miffed at this.

But dude, that's a lot of money.