In The Freezer

12,229.71

As of this past Sunday that's how high my credit card debt had hit.  That's high.  Now I know it could be higher, & lots of people do have higher CC debt, but I don't care it's still really high & I'm ready to be done with it.  I pay $600 a month on my cards, which is above the minimum, but it doesn't do anything because I turn around & put it right back on there.  So, I literally put them in the freezer.  Spending freeze for real y'all.  Next week I get my last check from my old district & then next month I'll get my first check from my current district.  After taking a much harder look at my spending, & seeing what my new checks look like I'll reevaluate how much I put into savings & how much I pay off on my cards every month.  At the current rate it will take me almost 2 years to get them all paid off if I put nothing else on them.  However, that's a whole lot sooner than it would be if I kept going with my current way of spending.

Besides apps, what are some ways y'all save money??

And because it's Friday:

Moments I'm Grateful For

4 - Meeting a cute guy at dance lessons

5 - Free tacos for lunch

6 - Incubus/Jimmy Eat World concert

7 - Making new social studies teacher friends

8 - How well my volleyball girls played

9 - Getting out of work early

10 - A 2.5 hour lunch break

A Tiny Break From Coaching

137.  

That's the number of times I've linked up for Friday Favorites with Amanda, or at least the number of times that I've added the label to my post & linked up.  That's over 2.5 years!  In the past I've also done 5k Friday (that won't be coming back anytime soon) & Five For Friday.  The format of how I've done my Friday Favorites over the past 2.5 years has also changed.  I'm not quite sure what I want to do with my Fridays now, & who knows maybe I'll go back to Friday Favorites at some point.  But for now I'm feeling the need to shake things up.  I'm bored with my Friday posts...and they aren't even really favorites anymore at this point.  

So, until further notice my Fridays are now "Friday Free For All"  It could be favorites, it could be what I was up to that week, it could be a specific event or topic, anything!  It's themed without being themed.  Boom!

Now that that little PSA is out of the way, on with the moments I'm grateful for!

28 - Having a partner for dance lessons
29 - Celebrating a friend's birthday with Korean BBQ & an escape room
30 - Lots of time at the dog park
31 - A day off from volleyball
1 - Free beer
 2 - Meeting a potential contact for both education in the area I'd eventually like to live & in public relations in the pro sports world
3 - Friends who let my dog stay at their house while I'm at work, even when I wind up working way longer than I thought I would

Brain Dump
**As much as I love coaching, I'm glad that today I get to sit in new teacher training.  Even though it'll be boring I'm sure, I can just sit & listen for once instead of running around, sweating, & coaching all day**

**Between my commute & the fact that Nash doesn't get a lot of outside play time, I have been half ass looking at houses to buy closer to where I work**

**I am in my cousin's wedding 29 days from now, I was planning on getting my manicure/pedicure done in 2 weeks on pay day but I cannot stop biting my nails!  They are disgustingly short right now**

**Some days I feel like I'm never going to meet anyone, especially now that I barely have time to eat & shower most days because I spend about 2 hours on the road & 9-11 hours at work**

**I know there will be times when it's super frustrating but I'm getting really excited for my road trip home with Nash at the end of the month**

**I'm ready for fall, this heat can suck it**

**I hate my downstairs neighbors with a passion & they know it.  The other night all I had to do was open my patio door when they were being loud as all get out at like 11:30 at night, ON A WEDNESDAY, & I hear one of them go "shhh she's up there!"**

**It's really starting to bother me that the school year starts in 17 days & I have no idea what class(es) I'm teaching**

**So far I really love all of the people that I've met that I'll be working with this year**

**I'm going to a concert on Sunday & while I know it'll be a blast, it's my one day without volleyball or staff development from the 1st-11th & a part of me just wants to be lazy all day & night**

**No pictures, no GIFs, no link up, just random thoughts.  How's that for unattractive old school blogging**

*mic drop*