We did it!
(Pause while Joey does the victory dance.....)
We are finally completely debt free except for our mortgage. The last thing that's been hanging over our head was Jeremy's student loan, and we paid that off just this morning.
See... we got a good chunk of money back from Uncle Sam this year (and yes, I've already done our taxes AND gotten the refund! I'm a geek), and we decided to use that money to pay it off. The remainder of the student loan wasn't a ton of money - $4200 - and we could have paid it off a year ago, but we didn't want to dip into our savings, just in case. And since the loan was in deferment anyway since Jeremy is in school, we just let it sit there. Until today.
So, this morning I checked our bank accounts like I normally do, and lo and behold there was the tax refund. Jeremy told me he wanted to be the one to push the SEND button to pay it off, since it was HIS loan to begin with. So.... he did. And then we hi-fived and kissed and toasted with our coffee cups. And then he left for school (kinda anti-climactic there at the end, but what can we do).
Now we're gonna go out and celebrate and buy a big 'ole flat screen TV!!!! (Just kidding.)
2 comments:
Hibernian will provide an atmosphere for a proper toast tonight! My Gaelic Ale to your Smithwicks.
Congratulations!!!!!!
I laughed about the flat screen. You are 'tho sanguine 'thilly!
We are working away at ours bit by bit. We paid off one of John's student loans in December and that felt good. Chipping away at the rest!
Way to go Team Hansen! :)
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