Friday, December 30, 2005

Another thought on the money angle

We're currently paying around $450 in child support for my stepson who will be 18 in a few years, and $300 a month to the IRS to fix my husband's tax situation.

That right there is $750 that we're already used to having pulled out, and after that's done, we should be able to toss all of that into the bills and if we're this used to living slim, we might be able to pull off not having it just a little farther down the road. I think it's about time to call a tax attorney and see if we can negotiate something on the tax problem.

I can't believe my vacation is this close to over - I'll be back in the office on Tuesday. That is something I'm dreading, but I'm sure once I get rolling again after vacation I'll feel marginally better. The work isn't so bad, and I do count myself fortunate to have a job like the one I do. It just isn't the one I want to be doing!

Overall, though, vacation has been good. The downtime has given me a chance to do some serious soul searching, some cleaning, and even a bit of writing. It was just what I needed before rolling over into 2006, which I think is going to be a good year. I'm looking at it as the year of change, and that's really exciting and a little scary at the same time.

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