It seems I might get paid after all?

[fuzzybluemonkeys]

So, the UUCWC membership book has been returned to Bonnie, who has been the impetus/liason for all of this, via her husband Friday night because she was away for the weekend.
Having returned, she has now sent the "Oh, it's so beautiful, blah blah blah" email, but instead of me being able to be all yay, I'm done, she added this wrinkle:
"I know you said originally that you wouldn't charge the church for it, but I think you should reconsider. What would be a fair price? Just let me know and I'll make sure it happens."
To which I'm just like, I dunno? 50 bucks? Is that too much? Of course, it would have been hundreds of dollars if they'd gotten a professional private conservator to do it instead of someone who used to go there and whose parental units are members (it was actually pretty cool to find their names in the book), and who figured it'd be a good learning opportunity. But like I said, I used to go there, and all I ever heard and hear from PUs is how much money the church doesn't have, so if anything, I'm more inclined to go with some sort of allocation of $50 to the Social ActionJustice Committee (I prefer the old school term of "action" because it implies actually getting off your ass and doing something, which, granted, I only really do once a year, but I don't even go to the damn church anymore so what's the rest of the congregation's excuse?) or Green Sanctuary or something.
On the other [evil] hand, money is always nice, and it's not like I didn't earn it by working my ass off on the book.
But both my [evil and otherwise] hands are mostly just like Gah! Take the book and leave me alone!

Comments

[tobimonkee.livejournal.com]

did you spend any money on supplies cuz then you can use some money to replace them

or donate it to a non church charity that church should suport anyways

and remember social justice is a code that means glenn beck is paraniod and insane

[fuzzybluemonkey.livejournal.com]

I did spend $70.45 on supplies, but it's like a pint of glue and I only used a little and a hundred scalpel blades and I only used one, and the scalpel handle and a brush and some wax that I wound up not using on the book though I did use it on your book.

Yeah. Glenn Beck is off his nut. For reals.