We are slowly building back up our accounts. We have some expenses coming up that will hinder that, but once we get past those hurdles, we will hopefully have a chance to breathe for a little and let them grow.
Our oldest son is getting ready to go into high school. It is an online program and cost $1,000. The good thing is, that is for the entire 4 year program. There will be some extra expenses for him over the years because Christy gets them additional curriculum to compliment the online schooling, but this is the big one time expense that will need to come out of savings.
We have all of our accommodations for our trip to Florida covered and paid for, BUT our vacation fund is not out of the woods yet. We still have to pay for gas, food, and souvenirs while we are down there. Hopefully we can cover most of, if not all of that with our vacation fund. If not, we will have to dip into savings a little.
We did have a scare regarding our vacation recently. I received a notice that I needed to report for jury duty the day before we came back.
At first I got a message that I was not eligible for deferral because I wasn’t fully reading the questionnaire and responded that YES, I indeed have “been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an indictable criminal offense”. Oops.
I corrected that mistake and tried again. 4 hours later I received a denial for my deferral request. After several emails and voicemails, I finally reached someone in person and was able to get it deferred until the end of October.
In savings we saved $750 (our normal $250 a paycheck since my last post) and earned $3.80 in interest. We transferred $500 to cover some miscellaneous charges until I got paid.
In vacation we saved $450 (our normal $150 a check) and earned .48 cents in interest. We transferred $400 to cover our rental van for our vacation in Florida.
| Savings | $9,254 |
| Vacation | $1,354 |