I'm in Chicago right now! (Hi Laura, CB, Rachael! Wish I had time for a meetup!) It's for a work thing; I go back home tomorrow. Just trying to wake up so I can shower and get ready for the day, so of course I check my accounts and go to SA.

AS's student loan hit, with $140 going to principal. That takes us to $1581 of debt paid in February, exceeding the $1550 goal.

No news on any fronts, except I heard from my broker that I'll hear more about my refi chances next week.

AS is gearing up for her time off and daring to think it might actually happen. She has really bad luck with vacation time; either she's had to keep working a little bit during the vacation (when she was at her previous job) or the kids tend to get sick and have to stay home from daycare, and she's the default who has to care for them instead of relaxing.

So I'm determined to help make it happen. I've been watching her freelance commitments like a hawk to help her have the strength to turn down work if it's within the two-week period. She's only agreed to two things, I think: a meeting for a board she serves on, and a poetry-reading contest judging.

I'm also determined that if the kids get sick during her time off, I (or NT if he's able, I suppose) will take sick time to stay home with the kids, and send her out to enjoy herself somewhere else.