Asking for a raise

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Well, the boss is gone again until the beginning of October, my coworker is down to 20 hours a week, and I am stuck running an insurance agency that is not mine. I make an hourly salary, which is nothing to get excited about, and my boss gives me 1% of every new business policy I sell. I am not making a fortune here. I talked to my district manager today who told me I need to hit my boss up for a raise. I run his agency and am constantly putting out fires. The problem is that I have received two raises this year. I just don't know how to ask. My coworker (who is also my mom) makes $3 an hour more than I do, adn over the last two years it seems that the more I have learned the less work she does. I would never say that to her, you can understand the situation that would create. So should I hit my boss up for a raise? How do I approach it? I do have the benefit of a pretty flexible schedule, but it seems that his business sits on my shoulders becasue he is gone so much. Whatshould I do? I used one of those online salary calculators and I am way underpaid.