Having made the leap to the international company, my income changed dramatically, which made for a lot of happy campers on Linden Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey.
Six months into the job, the company compensation plan changed, and for the better. The monthly draw was changed to a monthly salary plus commissions. On the first day of the month I received a salary check for $400.00, and on the 15th of the month, commissions earned from the previous month's sales. My dear wife was VERY HAPPY with the security that the salary check gave us. So much so, that her end-of-the-day greeting was, "Hello dear, how did it go today?" (translation : did you make any sales today?) as she was totaling the probable amount of next month's commission check!! There was no more scraping for a few dollars near the end of any month.
Another change was our ablilty to grow our bank savings acount, knowing that in a few years, dear daughter would be trotting off to college and we would be gladly paying for her education.
It was during those early years that we bought our first good car, an almost-new nine passenger Mercury station wagon. It had faux wooden-appearing side panels in brown, and the rest of the car was a cream color.
I bought a VERY USED Plymouth four-foor sedan for $125.00 and that was my work car.
More, later.
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