First Doctor Paycheck TODAY!

Thank God.

There was a light at the end of the tunnel - and it turned out NOT to be a train after all.

Now we just have to travel down that "getting out of debt offshoot ... " but at least it seems feasible.

[SuzySunshine]

Nice to know there really is a light at the end of the tunnel - have a little bit of fun with it!

Whew! Just think, in 7 more years it'll all be paid for and history

[Vanquisher]

Thanks for sharing this. It sounds beautiful!

[DCJenn]

Yeah, we've got eight more years (for you doing the counting, that's PGY13!) until the Army doesn't own us anymore! Although, in theory, I could kick him to the curb to moonlight starting next year. I have heard good things about the on-call peds neuro thing so...maybe that'll help.

Thanks for leaving the light on in the tunnel! I was beginning to think that it's still the train.

Jenn

[Sheherezade]

Yes, I will confirm that the money is definitely better at this end of the tunnel -- all lifestyle griping aside!!

Congratulations on reaching this side! Enjoy yourself a little, then get responsible. (And then .... repeat. )

[SueC]

We saw the light as welll, though it was flickering a bit late Friday afternoon. My dh deposited his very first paycheck into the ATM on Friday and found out later that day they were "holding" the darn check for a week or so before crediting it to our account. Never mind that I had scheduled about 12 online bill payments to come out of our account that day. Let's see, even if they did cover the payments, $33 times each payment (their little fee for not bouncing the items) X 12 is a lot of freakin' money!!! As soon as DH called me to let me know at 4:30 on Friday, I loaded up the kids in the car and went down to the bank myself. For some reason my dh made a copy of his check before depositing it, which totally saved our asses--after we showing it to the bank manager they approved the deposit and we were in the clear. It made for some very tense moments for us.

None of that 'ATM hold' crap here! I had dh go physically pick up the check, then I met him outside the hospital, hauled 2 kids into the bank and deposited it RIGHT THERE! One of the checks (which was written on an account from the same bank) was available immediately, the rest the next day.

Can you tell we needed the money??

[Vishenka69]

I have gave up on reaching the end of the tunnel a few years ago. But this does give me hope. Although our end is still 3 years away. I want to start counting months, weeks even days, not years.