I hate this feeling
I'm trying to deal with the random stresses of life right now, which are not as overwhelming as what hit us last year, but are, nonetheless, not the happiest items to have on your plate.
Our truck is struggling for life at the moment. My brother has worked valiantly to replace two of the problems, but it appears that something is still quite wrong. The question now is how much can we spend into the truck before we reach that tipping point where we are laying out more money than the truck is worth. Which then leads to the extended drama of searching for a car to purchase. Do we look for a private sale or do we go to a lot? On top of that, neither one of us wants to touch the small amount of savings we've put together. Call us gun-shy, but Clay losing his job year hurt, a lot. And pulling out a huge chunk of what we've managed to put together is not what either one of us wants to do.
On top of that, my company could lose one of their biggest clients. My boss has done an incredible job navigating a web-design company that's in the real estate market through this housing crunch. We've managed to hold pretty steady and that's no small feat. But more brokers are folding up or splitting up. We are definitely expecting things to get worse before they get better. And, even though I have learned a tremendous amount in the time that I've been in my new position, I do not relish being out in a job market, competing with far more experienced people in this field. Not one bit.
Not the best time to add another monthly bill - like a car payment.
I want to hold it together. I know that if we take careful steps, we'll make it through some how. We made it through last year and that was very tough. And we're still much better off than I've been most of my adult life. But the threats are much higher. We have to be cautious without being inactive.
One foot than the other, right? *sigh*
Our truck is struggling for life at the moment. My brother has worked valiantly to replace two of the problems, but it appears that something is still quite wrong. The question now is how much can we spend into the truck before we reach that tipping point where we are laying out more money than the truck is worth. Which then leads to the extended drama of searching for a car to purchase. Do we look for a private sale or do we go to a lot? On top of that, neither one of us wants to touch the small amount of savings we've put together. Call us gun-shy, but Clay losing his job year hurt, a lot. And pulling out a huge chunk of what we've managed to put together is not what either one of us wants to do.
On top of that, my company could lose one of their biggest clients. My boss has done an incredible job navigating a web-design company that's in the real estate market through this housing crunch. We've managed to hold pretty steady and that's no small feat. But more brokers are folding up or splitting up. We are definitely expecting things to get worse before they get better. And, even though I have learned a tremendous amount in the time that I've been in my new position, I do not relish being out in a job market, competing with far more experienced people in this field. Not one bit.
Not the best time to add another monthly bill - like a car payment.
I want to hold it together. I know that if we take careful steps, we'll make it through some how. We made it through last year and that was very tough. And we're still much better off than I've been most of my adult life. But the threats are much higher. We have to be cautious without being inactive.
One foot than the other, right? *sigh*