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1. I refinanced my car and got my payment lowered by about $50/month, which isn’t a whole lot but every little bit counts.
2. Somehow I am still managing to get my credit card/liabilities paid down.  I’ve paid off 17% of my credit card debt since moving out on my own!  That is impressive even to me!
3. Still working part time minimum wage.  My underemployment got extended for another year if needed.  I’m hoping to have a better job in the next few months since I’m graduating next month with my 2nd Associate’s degree.  I went to a job fair today and I also sent out a few resumes when I got home.  We’ll see.  Cross your fingers.
4. I need to apply for county health insurance since I will be losing that in June once the divorce is final.  I should qualify for the county health plan, which is good since I don’t want to spend my entire income through work on the health plan they offer.
5. I’m around and I’m doing well, just VERY busy still.  I’m in week 4 of my 10 week semester from hell, haha.  If I think I’m stressed now, I can hardly wait to see how I am in a few weeks once my online class starts.  Meh.

Frankly, I’m a bit astonished people are still coming here despite the fact I haven’t updated in forever.  Life has been hectic.  A good friend of mine’s mom passed away just over a week ago, so I put my life on standstill for a bit to help him and the family with whatever they needed.  Anyway…I’m still around, just havent’ been on the computer too much.  I’ll try to get on and write an update soon, but this week is hectic:

• working 40 hours at my real job
• interning 15 hours at local runaway program
• in class for 8 hours
• homework for a good 5 hours

So…busy, busy.

Anything you are particularly interested in hearing about?  I feel so out of the loop and not sure what you wanna know!

I met with a loan advisor at a local credit union to get some information about refinancing my car loan.  She thinks is possible to get me down to around $250/month, which would save me about $60/month.  Better than nothing, right?  I’m meeting with her on Wednesday to actually apply for the refinancing loan.  We’ll see how that goes.

I got some extra cash for selling a few textbooks online last week.  Right now I’ve got my wedding veil, tiara and cake topper listed on Ebay, so hopefully I’ll get some decent money from that, too.  Still need to get my wedding dress dry cleaned before I can try to sell that.  Unfortunately, I need to take it in first to get a price quote on how much it will cost to dry clean, and then make a decision as to whether or not I can afford it right now.

Looked into my employer’s health benefits and they seem alright.  The benefits are actually very good, it’s just that it would cost me about $30 each week.  And I’m not sure if or what the deductible is.  But vision coverage is awesome…one of the girls I work with got her eyeglasses 100% covered.  Not sure what the exam cost.  The $30/week includes medical, prescription, dental and vision…so it might be worth it.  I just worry that on the weeks where I’m scheduled VERY little (thank you, part-time) that I won’t really be getting much of a paycheck.  My other option is the county health plan, which I need to look into still.