We Are Happy Today

Mitch is a happy guy tonight because.....in the past week he has gotten not just one, but TWO substantial raises at work!  How does that even happen?  I have never gotten two raises in one week.

The first raise came when he got promoted to manager of the kid's center at the gym he works in.  He started working in there about a month ago, and found out he really enjoyed it. It is mostly older kids in there, and Mitch was coaching them on lacrosse and basketball and stuff like that.  He enjoyed it so much that they promoted him this week, and gave him a raise.  Then he got another raise today, just because his boss likes him.   As if that wasn't enough, he finally finally finally got his laptop back from Sony.  His hard drive crashed just a few days into this semester.  Fortunately it was under warranty, but after a failed attempt at having a technician fix it here, he had to send it in to Sony for repair.  The part it needed was on back order, so we thought it was going to be a long time before he ever saw his laptop again.  He has been DYING without it, trying to keep up with an online math class, a writing class, AND a computer class. It has been a rough semester.  So imagine his surprise when the laptop showed up on our doorstep today.  It was  red letter day for Mitch, that's for sure.

And the rest of us are happy today because it is the beginning of a four day weekend for us-yeehaw!  That is, if you don't count the fact that I have to work until three tomorrow -boo.  But I usually work til seven on Fridays so at least I'm getting off early-hooray!   We are cookin' up somethin' to keep all these rustlers busy for four whole days, but in the meantime, they are enjoying Friday night rules, which means video games and movies and staying up late, a night early.

Well, not all of us are happy.  Dan isn't happy.  He has a stiff neck.  And he has to work all day tomorrow.  And Monday.   News stations just don't know how to celebrate President's Day like the schools and pharmacies do.