No raise in pay grade, but the season is likely to be nearly 11 months long, guaranteed over 6, thereby qualifying me for (drum roll) federal employee
health insurance. I get to start on my 34th wedding anniversary, January 5. Definitely something I've been praying for. I don't need anything else for Christmas or the anniversary. Or valentine's day, or my next birthday.
Just got back from a four-day weekend visiting our kids and some of the friends we left when we moved.