i don't and i do...

for the first time in a few months, i worked on our budget and was surprised that i didn't go into fits of crankiness and hissy. go me! normal savings is at a long term low and we are doing something we haven't had to do since kid was super super wee....live paycheck to paycheck. 

the only reason, i think, i'm not completely losing my shit and imagining every emergency happening all at once is the money for the down on this house is still sitting snug and happy in the minnesconsin bank and the california house has enough movement on it to make me think it actually WILL sell at some point (lol and *cry* all at the same time). once the house sells, i'll pay off the cards we used for the move and my car and will feel like there's far more breathing room than there is now. 

the current budget has all the necessary and some unnecessary things in it with enough slush at the end of the month to handle surprises if there are any. what is sad is that there are rarely surprises, but i still manage to find a way to spend the slush money. i'm a spender, i'll admit it. :( 

a big expense this month that will eat all of my miscellaneous $$ is kid needs her books for classes. we need to hold off on that for a few days, because i think she's going to change up her courses this semester and we need to wait for that to happen. i was hoping to help her to do that today, but it may be tomorrow. 

why do today what you can forget about and put off until tomorrow, right?

RIGHT.

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