I managed to put $1800 to the principal balance of my credit card, and the payment hit the account today!
That makes $3855 of debt paid in April, far exceeding the $2190 goal. And that last CC balance is down to $5197.
I was able to do this because, even though I didn't get a schedule of paycheck amounts, I did get a calendar of what maternity leave days are paid and which are unpaid. I had calculated my budget as if all days off were unpaid, so that added quite a bit to the budget. I tried to be a bit conservative in my new estimates since they still are educated guesses. Maybe I'll end up having a little more in the budget each pay period!
Huge CC payment and April goal met!
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I was thinking about it last night: It would be the first time since age 23 or 24 that I was consumer-debt-free; I'm 36 now. Isn't that amazing?
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She smiles a few times a day now! It's so great when it happens. And there have been a few chirpy talking noises, though nothing sustained yet. She can stay alert when we go out now; the first few times she'd just crash as soon as we left home and sleep through everything, but now she's awake and looking around.
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