Tag Archives: planning

first vacation request

March 9, 2013 · by · in budget, trips · Leave a comment

I requested the following dates (it’s a complicated process being granted vacation time as a union nurse): September 4th through the 18th. Two weeks. If granted, I will then wait for that schedule request period (the month before) and try to give away the following week for PTO, to give myself three weeks.

money rolling in

March 9, 2013 · by · in budget, trips, USA · Leave a comment

I just got the first paycheck that had some overtime in it. I was able to pay off all my bills/credit cards (I wasn’t budgeting well right after my daughter died, for obvious reasons.) Now I’m free to start saving up for the memorial garden and the gravestone. I think after 2 paychecks I will […]

carpooling!

March 3, 2013 · by · in budget · Leave a comment

I was so excited to find some other drivers in my area to ride to work with. We drive 50 miles one way to get to work… so it’s a huge help with saving gas money! On the overtime front, I worked 12 hours of overtime last week, and I’m signed up for 12-36 hours […]