Compartment 14B

December rush is starting. 2006-12-11 - 9:00 p.m. I have felt oddly unmotivated to post here lately. There is family drama on my mind, but since it�s really not my drama and I�m trying to avoid being pulled into it, I�m not going to get into it here. The holidays are sneaking up on us and time is passing too quickly. I can�t believe Christmas is in only two weeks! Some time within the next three weeks I have to start an RESP account for Grommet: the government tops it up by 20% so an investment of the maximum $2000 per annum automatically accrues $400 for free! Going for free money like that is no-brainer. Of course, it would be easier to do if my work remembered to send me my pay cheques. Now, far be it from me to disparage my workplace on this account: I count my lucky stars that I have such a fantastic top-up of my maternity benefits. That being said, however, it seems that a computer glitch has caused my pay cheques to stop being printed so I haven�t actually received one since October. Yes, they will eventually sort it out and I�ll presumably get all the missing pay in a lump sum, BUT this is prime holiday shopping time, plus the deadline for the RESP contribution is looming at the end of December, so it really would be handy to have the money coming in that is supposed to and that I�ve budgeted with. On the plus side, the part of my maternity benefits that comes from E.I. is still being deposited in my bank account, J just found out that his business made enough money this year to give himself a modest Christmas bonus � which he�s already spent on a toy, of course � and when my pay does arrive it should include my yearly raise so it�ll be a bit of extra cash there. AND I�ve almost finished my Christmas shopping! Yay! Speaking of maternity leave coming to an end, I started teaching again at the gym this weekend. I stopped when I was seven months pregnant so my year is up. It�s good to be back, though I�m scheduled on both Saturday and Sunday mornings for the December schedule. I wouldn�t mind but it means that J and I don�t have a single day of the week where we both have the whole day free. Oh well, at least I�m getting some exercise again, right? Before - After All content � Shawna 2003-2010 That means no swiping my stuff - text, images, etc. - without asking. P.S. If you're emailing me, replace the [at] with @ in the "to" line. Oh, and if you put the word "journal" in the subject line it'll have a better chance of making it past my junk mail filters. recommend me HTML and design help by Jo hosted by Diaryland