We're (almost) debt freeeeee!

Only the mortgage left. Yeay!! We have to save every penny to pay taxes next April, but after that we'll start working on paying off the mortgage. Whoo hoooo!!

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Woot!

Countdowns and other things

It is the time for countdowns. Two more weeks until my orange bumper. Five more weeks until fasting month. Six more weeks of the current job. Seven more weeks until we're debt free (ex. mortgage). Eight more weeks until S. Africa, which means eight more weeks of super early morning gym sessions. All I do now is counting down. Whoo hooo! Please time, spread your wings and fly!!!

Last night Nils told me the story of that old lady who kept her dead husband and sister in the house, clothing and talking to them for years until somebody told on her (I think that's how the story goes). Well, that story made me cry. Suddenly, I thought about how it would be if Nils is gone. There'll be no one around to give me a single syllable answer when I ask "How's the chicken?". Long after he's gone, I would probably still expect to hear all the things he usually say in retort to my comments. I would be miserable. Which is why I want to go first :) Yes, I am very selfish.

Not much else is going on with me these days. I'm going to be reaching out to people. Just for the hell of it. My world is only fun when there are people in it :D

Hello hello!

Wow, has it really been that long? Four months, since my last entry here. Nils asked me why I haven't written anything in a long time. The truth is, there is not much to write about. My life is the same old stuff. I do have a temporary gig for the time being. I'm trying to be a really good sponge and pick things up as fast as I can. Hopefully this experience will help me land something permanent. Well, I know that it will. Sometimes during the day, it makes me smile when I'm reminded that I am now in marketing. :) It's what I've always wanted to do. Once again, God has answered my prayer. I really am lucky. We'll see how much I like it, and more importantly, whether I will kick ass like I did with engineering. I'll let you know in a few years.

Nils is away in the UK this week. I'm home alone, reading, keeping up with my tv shows, and obsessing about (1) getting out of debt (2) locating the car I'm going to buy, and (3) getting my current car ready for sale. All exciting stuff! I do miss Nils, though. Now that I'm used to having him around everyday, it feels really quiet when he's not here. I can't be arguing by myself, now, can I? We have settled into a lifestyle. I was going to say routine, but it's not the routine that we've settled down into. I think it's the established boundaries, ways of (mis)communicating, and knowing where the tripwires are, that make it feel like we've gotten over the adjustment period. It's nice. It certainly wasn't true when we got married, but now, Nils really is my best friend. Heck, he's my only friend friend in New Jersey! I'm still not a fan of the 'burb, but I like the fact that it's cheap. And that, ladies and gentlemen, will allow Nils and I to be free soon. We've already paid off Petronas, and will be done with my MBA loan in a few months (insyaallah). I'm sick of staring at the sticky notes on my wall. I put one post-it note for each thousand that I owe for my MBA, and now that I'm working, they're coming off the wall fast and furious! After that, only the mortgage left, and we'll be home free. Yeay!!! Wish us luck! And wish me luck, hopefully my current work gets extended again!

Our soon-to-be-gone debt post-its!