One Down, Three To Go

I did something totally unexpected this morning: I paid off one of my student loans.

Even though I'm not working right now, my former employer is helping me in my job search with its own brand of employment insurance. Unfortunately, I cannot access my pay stub online anymore, so I can't know what my net pay will be in advance. As a result, I had to wait until this morning in order to find this out.

When I plugged the numbers into my budget spreadsheet (which is really more like a spending plan), I discovered that I had enough money left over in order to pay off the balance of one of my student loans. Ergo, I did just that.

Yes, I'm pondering the biggest decision of my life right now - but even with that, I have cause to celebrate today. Pop the bubbly and get me a chocolate chip cookie dough Blizzard while you're at it...