Footprints on the Moon

As I always do at the beginning of a new month, I sat down yesterday and totaled up all of my debts to get a picture of where I’m at and how I’m doing. I was excited to realize– the credit card portion of my debt is officially under ten thousand! Woohoo!! I may even be able to get it under the 9,000 mark by the end of this month if I can “find” some extra money. I probably won’t quite get there, but it will be close.

Even if I don’t get to the 9k mark, the Chase card that I’m currently focusing on will be under one thousand as soon as I get paid tomorrow. That’s exciting! Still, I have a long way to go yet. Working over my budget for the next few months, it’s certainly clear that I won’t be affording one of those teeny little netbooks any time soon. Actually, I’m thinking I might not even be able to go to the conference in Florida this fall, even with the free conference ticket. Every time I try to figure out where to pull the money for a plane ticket and a hotel room, my poor budget cries. I’ll be disappointed if I can’t go, but it won’t be the end of the world. With the economy and the job market, I think paying off as much debt as possible has to be my first priority.

*sigh* Sometimes being a responsible adult sucks.

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