Cedar Key - Day # 6 - Let it rain!

When we made the decision to work at Amazon.com our goal was to earn $8,000....enough to cover a couple of years of diesel fuel purchases for the Newell, service the Newell at Choo Choo, and a few other purchases such a the Sea Eagle, TLE's new I-Phone, the Euro recliner, and the unexpected repair of the T-Bird alternator.  Here are our final earnings numbers for the 74 days we were in Campbellsville, KY:

• Gross Pay          $9,822.90 (combined)
• Net after taxes  $8,284.76 (combined)

Since TLE and I had identical paychecks each and every pay period I have combined the numbers to keep it simple.  So, we achieved our goal with a few dollars to spare.  Had we been given all the straight hours, and overtime hours we had been promised we would have netted closer to $10,000.  In the over all scheme of things we worked just enough, and I really do not feel badly that we did not get all the hours promised.  

So far here is what we have spent some of our earnings on:

1. $600 repair on T-Bird (unexpected)
2. $200 for Euro recliner
3. $299 for Sea Eagle kayak
4. $301 for I-Phone 5
5. $200 for fuel
6. $422 for service at Choo Choo (budgeted $1,500)

Total expenditures so far come to $2,022.

Included in our final gross pay was a combined bonus of $822 for completing our contract, meaning combined we worked 822 hours (411 each) to earn that bonus.

Tomorrow will mark 2 weeks since we worked our last shift at Amazon, but it seems much longer than that.  It's amazing what a change in scenery, and a few days at Cedar Key can do for your mental health......:D

Thursday lived up to the weather forecast of rain, and it pretty much rained, and drizzled all day.   It was a great day for a chore I have been saving for just such a day......scanning documents, filing documents, and shredding documents.  Yes, we do carry a shredder with us.  There are some documents we do hold on to, but most are scanned and then shredded to "protect the innocent".  I have a temporary "filing cabinet" in the ottoman for the Euro recliner....the footrest lifts up and there is a perfect compartment for storing paperwork until it is convenient to "process it".

Early afternoon the propane guy arrived, and apparently there were a lot of people here waiting on him.  Our friends, Bill and Debby, had just hit "E" on their propane level monitor.  I was expecting to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.50 to $3.50 per gallon, but was surprised when the operator told me it was $4.50 per gallon.  Wait, what?! That is by far the most I have ever paid for propane.......not just on this journey, but EVER! I was expecting to take on at least 40 gallons, or more.......that would be close to $200......ouch!  I decided quickly to only buy 20 gallons and stopped the bleeding at $90.....if we use 10 the remaining 3 weeks here I will be surprised.  We'll look for a better deal when we get back on the road.

We pretty much stayed inside all day enjoying the dry, warm comfort of our coach.  Hoping Friday will be a little more conducive to outdoor activity, and so far as I write it looks very promising.....I can see sun light and blue sky!

Later today our Nomadic NuRVer group is hosting a "salsa off", and TLE has been busy the past week assembling the ingredients for her salsa entry.   We will make a run into the farmers market shortly to get one, or two final ingredients.  The aromas inside the Newell today will be amazing.

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