My second day of work and I’ve already gotten a raise! Well, sort of. Actually, the decided to start me at a bit higher pay rate that was originally discussed. That’s a good thing because the original rate would have had us starve to death in six months. (Kidding, but it wasn’t great. Still isn’t *great* come to think of it, but it is better).

On a related front, I officially turned into a MSgt (ret) on September 1st! Whoot! No more active duty. But my retirement pay still hasn’t shown up in my bank account yet.