Tomorrow, tomorrow...

Last week the midwives college called me to let me know that they received all my paperwork and would like to set up a phone interview!!! The interview is tomorrow afternoon (1pm). I have been dying of anticipation all week long, now tomorrow is almost here!! I can't wait. A few people have asked me if I'm nervous, but I'm not really, as I have no idea what to expect. The only thing they've told me about the interview is that it is 30-40 minutes long and the purpose is to determine whether they feel the school is a good fit for me, and vice versa. I'm feeling totally impatient today and can't wait for tomorrow to come around, although I have a feeling that I may get all nervous at some point tomorrow.

Other than that, not much else is super exciting around here. Things are changing a lot this year for me and my family, I think. A week ago I took a hard look at our finances and discovered that we are pissing away an awful lot of money after the bills etc have been taken care of, just because we can. We've been doing this for a few months now, after having finally paid off a lot of debt that Jesse accumulated before we got together. I think we justified it that way, because we spent so long being so tight in the finances area and not being able to do anything extra at all, ever. But, this needs to change. Jesse works too hard for us to keep wasting money that could be spent on things like upgrading our house, which is something we've been wanting to do for a long time. I want him to feel like he's got something to show for the 100+ hours he works in a pay period, and not live paycheque to paycheque anymore.
So, I've implemented a strict budget for us...something we've never done before. Before we would just ensure that all the things that needed taking care of, got taken care of first (mortgage, insurance, bills etc etc). Now I've given us both allowances, and for the month of February we are striving not to spend anything extra other than what's been budgeted for. I want to see how much money we end up with at the end of the next pay period. I've also started planning out our meals for the week; dinners and some lunches. I'm doing this loosely, writing out 6 dinner that I will make that week, making up a list of the specific ingredients i need for said dinners, and then shopping for only those things. I factor in snacks, too, of course, and I've worked the dinners so that I can use leftovers for lunches, or in other dinners for other days. I've toyed with the meal planning for a long time, but procrastinated because I felt like it was too much work. In reality, it really wasn't. Saturday night I made up my list of dinners and the ingredients I needed, Sunday I shopped. I feel like a total weight is off my chest this week...I tend to spend a lot of my day agonizing about what to make for dinner, so this feels really liberating to just be able to look at my list on the fridge and know that I have everything I need already, and I can just pick and choose what I feel like for that day. Today is roast beef, roasted vegetables and salad. I can use the leftover roast beef for sandwiches for lunches (which Jesse can also do), and the leftover veggies will be turned into an unusual potato salad with a german style dressing instead of mayo. Yum :)

So that's me for now. Faeryn just got up from her nap, so that means my time on the comp is over!!
Peace~