I am so blessed

5 minutes ago, I was INCREDIBLY cranky. Like, just stay away from me or you might die cranky. I worked until 7:30 tonight, we're leaving for Cali right from work tomorrow so I need to pack, I didn't go to the gym b/c I was at work instead, blah, blah, blah.

I also needed to pull together our July budget and also the budget for our trip this weekend. So after working 12 hours crunching numbers all day, I got to come home and do it some more.

Something pretty great just happened... I'm pulling our budget together and I realize, "What the hell is wrong with me? Look at how much we have. Look at how much we're able to do. Shame on me."

Let me point out a few things-
1. We're taking a trip this month and we're paying cash. $750 to be exact. That feels wonderful! I can't wait for this weekend to GET HERE!
2. I'm going to continue saving for our next car, just not as intensely as we have been for this one. So instead of paying a finance company, we're paying ourselves $500 for that.
3. We have talked and talked about taking a trip for our 5-year wedding anniversary at the end of this year and we're able to save $500 toward that too!
4. Finally, we're saving for our retirement to the tune of $2,443 this month! My goal for 2010 was $15,705 which means we need to save $2,443 from now through December to reach that goal. I think we can do it.

In other words, we're paying all of our obligations, we're enjoying some of our money right now, and we're also investing in our future. How can all of that NOT make me feel so much better?

It makes me realize how fortunate we are. Yes, we work hella hard for all of this but we're also very blessed.

Just wanted to share,
Kelsalynn