Let's talk about the "B" word...
That's right... let's talk about: Budgeting. What were you thinking?? Not that B word... sickos... When Mr C and I decided that I would stay home and resign completely from my job, my hours had already been dramatically reduced for several months. This meant that we had already grown accustomed basically to one income. However, the couple hundred dollars I was bringing I each month actually made a difference. Not a huge one, but it helped. Fast forward to today. September 2nd, 2018. A Sunday. Mr C has been at work for 4 days. This is his standard schedule assuming he doesn't get forced on. 3 days on one week, 4 days on the next (and when I say "on" I mean 24 hours a day on... 72 and 96 hour shifts). That's a long time to be away from home and from the family. Long hours, stressful calls... yet at the end of each month, we are broke. B-R-O-K-E. Rewind to last year... We had been in a rental home for almost 3 years when they told us they wouldn't know...