drannmaria

Driving to USC to pick my daughter up last night, it was just the most beautiful sunset. It was late so there was no traffic, just the sun going down behind the skyscrapers, all lit up with the lights on in every window still. (You don’t get an office in the 20th floor downtown if you only work 40 hours a week.) The weather was perfect, it was just a lovely evening.

This was a very interesting book about a complicated subject. In short, she reviewed the choices women make and looked at the question of what makes people happy. The quick answer is that being single is better than an unhappy marriage, children are a blessing for most people and how important work is to your happiness pretty much depends on your personality, values and situation. I liked it because there were no simple answers, just like life.

I paid off the one that had a ridiculous interest rate. Paid off $12,000 in a year ! Whoo-ee. Now I have two smaller ones left, both with 0% introductory rates. My goal is to pay off the smaller one of those in six months.

I am also socking money into my 401k and paying off loans from putting two daughters in college. Should owe $0 within two years and have two daughters through college, one through graduate school.

Two kids down, two to go (-: