No News

No news is…..well, no news. Can’t say it’s good news, but pretty much the same news….get up, go to work, come home, eat (or fix dinner then eat), go to bed, start it all over again. There are a few variations to the routine, like on the weekends I don’t go to work, but they aren’t much to speak about.

So, I asked for and got a raise. Not a large raise and I’m still not making enough to be exempt from overtime, but I got a raise just the same. The director offered me enough of a raise to cause me to be exempt but I knew that once I was exempt from overtime he’d want me to work more nights and work weekends, so I turned it down telling him that I was afraid I would start working a lot of overtime because I wouldn’t have to watch my hours any more. I felt kinda bad asking for it since we had lost some funding, but everyone kept telling me I should ask. I guess I also felt bad because my program is the only one making money and I’m the only one in the place certified to do what we do. Without that certification, we would possibly be losing money. Not only that, but I’m the only one even trained to do what we I do so I’ve really got some power. I don’t want to abuse it, however, which is why I had a hard time asking for a raise. On the other hand, if things were going well and they put as much responsibility on me as they have, I would have no problem asking for a raise. 

Most of my family knows about this already, but for those of you who don’t….I was in my yard the other day picking up sticks so my son could mow the lawn when I happened upon it. I never expected to see one in my yard so I quickly slipped into the house to get my camera and take a picture before it was too late. Fortunately, when I got back it was still there so I quickly took a picture of it.

For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s a sponge mushroom and it is greatly sought after here in Indiana. They sell for about $25.00 a pound or so in stores (or course, being mushrooms they are quite light and you can get a fair amount for a pound). I’ve been mushroom ‘hunting’ before, but the little guys would always here me coming and hide. This one, however, didn’t hear me and I was able to capture him. (or her) I still haven’t cooked it up because I’m not quite sure how it’s meant to be done. Maybe I’ll just saute it, since I like saute’d mushrooms. Hope it’s as good as $25.00 a pound would make it seem. Course, caviar is expensive and it’s not that good, so……maybe I’ll let you know how it turned out.