This goal will probably be a long time coming for me. Recently I had an unplanned pregnancy, my beautiful two month old, Olive. The good thing is though, that because of her I have a better shot at this than I ever had before.
Before her I was persuing a useless degree in Music History and hating it. When I found out she was coming I had the courage to finally quit music school and find something that I would really enjoy doing, and would actually pay. So right now, I’m going to school to be a medical laboratory worker. I’m looking forward to it.
Another thing that happened is my boyfriend came down to live with me. Now, we’re getting married in January. Two incomes is better than one.
Also, my daughter is the reason I get to finish school. It was such a struggle paying for a four year degree. When she was born they gave me so much grant money at a two year institution that they actually give me over $1500 back every quarter. That’s money I can save, and use to get the things I need before a house, a car for instance. I also qualified for work study, which is more extra money that I can put away. With this money I am going to buy essentials and finally get some bills in my name, other than my student loans from a past life, so I can start establishing a credit score.
Right now, Eric and I live with my dad, we pay rent but it isn’t much and we don’t have to worry about most other expenses except for groceries. We can save this extra money to make a life for ourselves.
When I am out of Med Lab school, I will be making a minimum of $30,000 a year. That is a living wage. During this time he is going to go back to school and be Olive’s primary care giver. I have a feeling that when he’s finally done, we will be doing pretty well for ourselves and will be able to buy a small fixer upper shortly after this.
So that’s my plan. Build credit, save money, work hard, buy house. I’m really hoping for the best.
