More Miracles

In the spirit of my last post, I feel obligated to record my next Christmas miracle: Holiday pay.

That's right, I get PAID for the HOLIDAYS.

What does that mean, you ask?

A few things. A.) I get paid for the two weeks off after Christmas, which is a miracle in itself. I was always under the impression that if I'm not working, I don't get paid. Which brings me to B.) I should've been paid for those two weeks for the past couple of years. A.k.a., the college has screwed me(not on purpose, but still). And not just those two weeks-every single holiday and admin closing. I figured it up, actually. Roughly 6 weeks of pay total, counting every Thanksgiving, Christmas, July 4th, Spring Break, and snow day. They quite literally owe me thousands of dollars.

I have inquired into this, and haven't gotten an answer just yet, but we'll see.

Even if I don't get all that back pay, it is amazing to know that my low financial point of the year is now covered. For years, I've struggled through January, praying that I could make just enough to get by(because let's face it, I'm never going to spend less on Christmas. It's the one time of year I get to spoil people properly). I may or may not have cried tears of joy.

There have been other, smaller miracles. One trip to Barnes & Noble got the majority of my shopping done. The office secret Santa went smoothly(And there's a half-decent chance that the muse drew my name; But we'll see). My house is sort of coming together, even if I do hate the place. I found new Grinch-themed accessories(namely a shirt, and a pair of pajama pants that are just SO SOFT).

I've finally gotten into the Christmas spirit. It was awhile coming this year, and I was a little concerned. I thought that whatever is going on in my head, it might ruin the one purely good thing left in the world, but it didn't. It hadn't stopped Christmas from coming-it came! Somehow or other, it came just the same.