Monthly Progress Report #27

Both March and all the snow on the ground are history!

We made it to April. I feel like I’ve been waiting for spring since the leaves changed last year. And it’s been taking for-freaking-ever.

But I can see my lawn again, I ordered my first batch of materials for the remaining renovation projects (we’re almost there! The finish line is in sight!) and life is good!

I received my first vaccine shot a few weeks ago and will be going back for the second soon. Mike is getting his one shot today (he’s very happy he only has to get one!). 

I’m just so glad we’re seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Here’s hoping it really is light from the end of the tunnel! 

Of course, we didn’t get this far without our first COVID scare! Mike had to quarantine but luckily he made it through without any symptoms. I also made it through mostly unscathed - I’m kidding, of course, but it was a stressful week!

I really feel for anyone going through the quarantine process right now. It’s a scary time. And I won’t lie, it’s also a frustrating time. 

Ok, enough about that. I’m sure you’re as sick of hearing about COVID as we all are.

If you’d like to get all caught up, check out last month’s progress report. 

My student loan balance

Ok, so that’s an $800 reduction over the month. Not bad.

As you can see my student loans look a little different this month. That’s because they were sold. I was expecting that to be a hassle but it was a relatively pain free experience! 

I’m more upset about losing a nice summary page. So since they lump them all in together I figured it’s time to give up on the $50 increments and start rounding them up to the next hundred like the rest of my debt.

Besides that I was given some unfortunate news about my car this past month so in all likelihood it’s time to find a replacement. Which of course means more debt. Just when I thought I was making some progress!

It’s a bummer but there’s been some signs so it wasn’t totally unexpected. Still, adding more debt... ughhhh!!!

The good news there is I still have some money from the latest stimulus check and my tax return. But this time I did spend some - I bought a new treadmill and a mattress! 

My old treadmill somehow didn’t want to move without beeping and since she was a hand me down from my mom it was definitely time to replace her. As for the mattress, it lasted ten years and had seen better days so Mike and I went 50/50 on a new one. 

Can you tell I usually feel guilty about big purchases? I’m always justifying them! But I do have some money to put towards a new car or towards some debt once I have this all figured out.