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New Budget and New School year

Refi Funded on the 3rd.  We are still waiting for a few bills to be paid but half of them have.  Lee's car and our second have been paid. Still waiting for our three credit cards to be paid. 

So I just did our budget based our the new bills.   I see a light at the end of the tunnel.  I think that we can really have the credit cards all paid off in 10-12 months.  If I work about 30 hours a pay check then everything will be just fine.  More then that the house and things I need to take care of falls apart less then we can still pay the bills but we don't get ahead as much as I want.

I am excited and scared all at the same thing.

I wrote this last night.  Today my supervisor emailed me and asked if I would be willing to pick up an 8 hour shift every other Saturday.  I have done that shift before.  I don't love it.  

New schedules come out this week.  So we will see how the next few months go.  Nothing is forever. 

The kids left on Saturday. They will be spending eight days(ish) with their Grandparents.  Jake is hoping to get an Elk.  They seem to be having lots of fun up their.   My father in law was gracious enough to meet us half way.  I was sad to let them go. But I was excited as well.  They seems to be having a good time and I hope and pray they are being gracious and grateful. 

They will be coming back some time next weekend and then Jake starts cross country on Monday afternoon. 

I am really looking forward to this new school year. Jake has so many new adventures and Victoria will be doing the same stuff only different.  She moved up a dance class and will do Girls on the Run again.  And she is hoping for art and hunting education.

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