loan progress -- 05.27.15

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $12,870.74

loan progress -- 01.29.15

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $21,036.04

loan progress -- 10.29.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $26,479.40

why i do it

When people find out about my crazy student loan repayment schedule, their first question is "How?" (the answer to that can be found here) The unspoken question, the one I can see in their eyes, is "Why?" Why would I take on this accelerated repayment plan when I could just apply for loan forgiveness (this is possible since I work for a public institution)? There are a few reasons.

loan progress -- 09.01.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $30,008.21

loan progress -- 08.05.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $31,734.83

loan progress -- 06.24.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $34,386.19

loan progress -- 06.10.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $35,237.29

loan progress -- 05.23.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $35,503.90

spring cleaning

We've already established that I'm crazy and working on creating a room for a baby that's not even conceived yet. This is yet another installment of the crazy. Feel free to shake your head and move on if you want. :)

status: embarrassed face

Umm yeah, so it's the moment of truth. The results of the April Wallet Watch. Annnnnnndddddd....... the results are not that good. Oops?

4 weeks fit challenge -- go(al) time

I was excited to see the link-up that Erin and Kristin are hosting this month-- since I hung up my running shoes a few weeks ago, I know that I need to get myself into a groove of exercise before I return permanently to my sloth-like ways (although this week's bout of strep throat didn't help that).

loan progress -- 05.01.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $37,205.33

Yeah, it's been awhile since I've done one of these. Don't worry, I haven't been totally sucking (although I certainly have sucked a little).

dear marcie, you ain't got no money

After spending an offensive amount of money in February (after January's spending freeze), I've been a bit behind in my finances. So much so that I'm having to forgo my second student loan payment this month in order to catch up. [THE SHAME!]

Obviously, I'm really in need of Steph's April Wallet Watch link-up. Like, REALLY in need.

loan progress -- 03.19.14

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $38,887.02

nerd love

I happened across my retirement balance today, which was good since I was in need of a bit of cheer.

Not too shabby in 7 years, eh? Especially since the first few years I was working/contributing, I lost money (damn stock market).

Today's payday, which means another student loan payment. My Direct Debit comes out on Monday, so expect a student loan balance update next week!

money is like a purse

As a woman in her late-twenties, I've had a lot of purses in my life. They've all been varying shapes, sizes, and colors (I once used a lunchbox as a purse when I was in high school), but one common thread between them was that they were all full. Not usually bursting-at-the-seams full, but definitely shouldn't-put-any-more-stuff-in-there full or, in the case of my current purse, you're-gonna-get-scoliosis full.

My purse at the moment.

03.04.14 -- loan progress

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $39,475.12

02.20.14 -- loan progress

Undergrad: $0
Law School: $40,250.32

02.10.14 -- progress report

Seriously, I think the weather is getting to me. I'm usually pretty sloth-like in my behavior, but this is worse than usual.

I did my two short runs last week, but that's about it. I have this mental block about going longer than 10k. Feeling sick after my 5k on Wednesday didn't help with that either. I don't know. We'll see how this week goes.

Me = Fail.