$287/month! Ha! I scoff at that. I put hundreds more than that on the credit cards every month. I redid the budget today, as I do every time something significant happens financially. This week I learned the next amounts our lawyer is going to need from us, and when. She said she'll probably need to collect about $1500 sometime in May, and $2500 from us right before we go to trial in November. And God knows how much the actual trial is going to cost us. But if her hourly rate is $195/hour, and we're in court 8 hours a day, and the trial lasts a week, then at least $7800???
I decided S should go back into car sales, although only assholes seem to work in car sales. But he was good at it when he did it before and will definitely make more $ there. So I sent off 2 emails on his behalf to the HR's at 2 local dealerships. More to follow as soon as I identify more--foreign cars preferred.
I felt like calling into the Dave Ramsey show today and asking how to keep your spirits up when you are stuck in a vicious, never-ending cycle of his Step 2 (paying down your debts) b/c I've got Step 1 ($1,000 in savings) done. My problem is unique though, b/c it's all due to the custody battle. I have a feeling he'd say I'm doing everything right--debts on low-interest cards, paying waaaaaayyy more than the minimums, got a high-paying 2nd job, etc. The real problem is getting S's salary up. We're working on it. Sigh.
I did see in the newspaper today though, that although home appraisals are up (as ours is), property taxes will still be slightly lower next year! Awesome! I'm putting more away in the credit union b/c I assumed the tax bill would be a little higher! I'm going to keep putting away the same amount regardless.
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