forty thousand french francs in my fridge

There was an extra $742.65 (pre-tax) in this month's paycheck.

Let me tell you two of the neatest words ever: COLA retro.

(COLA = "cost-of-living adjustment", "retro" means it was not only a whatever-percent raise from this point forward, but also retroactive for about the past six months, hence the fact that it shows up in a lump sum on this paycheck.)