Post by pinkdutchtulips on Aug 15, 2019 13:19:15 GMT -5
today was Miss R's LAST first day of elementary school !!
also today was the first time since kinder i didn't cry ... 1st days of school get to me bc her father has missed EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ... his choice #addictionsux
I've figured out that between H's increased commuting related costs, our planned retirement contribution increases, and starting paying on his student loans, we are basically not going to be feeling any financial relief with his new job. Which is ridiculous, because he's going to be making 30k more than he did before. I think we're going to do a little less with retirement than I had planned because I do also want to beef up our savings and put aside money for things like our eventual car replacement, maybe a down payment on a home at some point, etc. I'm really annoyed, though. Our life is perfectly nice and I don't REALLY think we need to increase lifestyle, but it would be nice to feel like we have a little more breathing room and more aggressively save for the future. I guess this is living in America, though. Sigh.
I don’t understand this. Isn’t saving for retirement and paying down debt the definition of financial relief? Sounds like H is just starting his career so hopefully his income will be only going up from here on out.
Well, yes, but I mean more relief in the monthly spending budget. Saving for retirement is a priority, but I was hoping we might have a little room for some other things that would improve life but that we don't NEED, like getting a massage or pedicure occasionally, perhaps a house cleaner once a month, etc. We are living just fine right now but I always feel like I'm watching our budget carefully in order not to overspend and would like some more flexibility. Plus I'd like to be able to save more than like $300 dollars a month for other stuff, given that we're nearing 40 and don't own anything but 2 old cars. I know we're not unique, it was just a random thought that was on my mind today.
Last day of our vacation today! I’m sitting on the dock and drying off from a swim. I’m getting in the water one more time and then we have to head out soon after. I love that our spontaneous trip worked out so well! We will definitely come to this spot again! I have to go in my classroom tomorrow and start setting up. I have three days of trainings next week so I have to get some things done.
Post by notoriousmeg on Aug 15, 2019 19:03:08 GMT -5
I’m so tired but have to start packing for our vacation. We leave early Saturday morning, and I don’t want to leave it all until tomorrow. H just had a huge project dumped on him. We need vacation so badly, and I know we are both going to end up working at least part of the time ☹️
Got to work at 5:30am. Didn’t get the proposal done until 5pm. Couldn’t get the file to export to PDF. Missed the FedEx deadline for overnight shipping. Confirmed we can use the company plane to fly the proposal to the client tomorrow. Proceeded to completely recreate the file. Thankfully I did this from the bottom up and quickly realized the engineering files were corrupted. Then spent the next couple hours getting it saved, printed, formatted, and packaged up for the guys who are taking it tomorrow. Left the office at 9pm.
I don't think that I have special powers or anything, but I do think I have a little ESP. At least with people I am close to. All too often, I text or someone calls or something when I am thinking of them or am just about to contact them. Like, it happens multiple times a week.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny