Well, my wife put in her notice at her second job, so she’ll be done the day before Thanksgiving. I think that will allow us to pay off the AmEx before her checks are finished coming from that job, and it was only an extra $150/week, but it does slow some things down.
You will notice that we almost got within $100 of our goal for the month this week, meaning that next week’s checks are mostly gravy. We would have beaten it this week, but I re-arranged our finances to go ahead and start allocating money towards the pregnancy, rather than throwing everything at the debt. I only pulled back a little, though, so our AmEx should be taken care of by the second week in December – still an accomplishment in itself.
I’m getting very tired, and really look forward to the time that I don’t have but a single job again, but I know that pushing forward and really dealing with our credit card debt is going to have us going into the new year in a much better position than last year was… And don’t get me wrong, in this day with the economic downturn, weakening economy, high unemployment, etc., I count my blessings – I’m just ready to quit paying “stupid tax”.
You two are doing great getting out of debt! I know the weight of it, as my husband and I are paying off quite a surmountable amount of debt, too.
ReplyDeleteI think with the holidays and day-to-day life can make it quite tiring. I have been feeling it, too.
Hang in there. It will all be well worth it. Especially when the baby arrive. :) Congradulations!