Sweet just checked my bank account and got an extra 2k.  I put part of it on the credit line, will put more when I get paid in a week. Still paying off my LASIK. $1,600 to go. 
That money is our "bonus" for the past 3 years.  A kick in the face, but we almost did not even get that money in first place.  We used to get that amount every year but the last union agreement they did some weird thing where instead of a yearly bonus we get shares at the end of the contract. Our bonus used to be like 2k per year...  Oh well better than nothing I guess.
We're getting a bunch of retro money back soon as well since our new agreement finally got put into place and part of the agreement was a 1% raise.  
Always nice to get a sudden chunk of cash come in like that. Never figured we'd ever get that money as we've been waiting for almost a year for it.