Phone Plans and Plans

So last weekend, the boy and I went and got our own phone plan! So this means no more lectures from dad about how even though him and mom and I were on a plan that only shared 700 minutes between the 3 of us and that that phone was also his business line I was supposed to never talk to people (including the boy) that didn't have the same carrier as we did. I mean, I'm still going to be careful, the boy and I can't afford to go over, but since him and my mom are really the only people I talk to and he only talks to other people for a few minutes at a time, we should be fine.

You know, there is something to scary about what we did too. It reminds me that we're getting older and soon mom and dad aren't going to pay for every little thing. But hopefully, when they don't, I'll actually have a job that pays money that I can afford to live off of :).

But as scary and hard as it is, I'm loving it; granted I haven't gotten the first bill yet :). It made me get on a budget though, something which I've been needing to do. I didn't know what my pay was going to be so I was waiting to see what the final number turned up as. I still don't know 100% but it's close enough know that nothing will suffer if I'm too very off. And mom and dad have offered to pick up the slack although I'm going to do my best not to take them up on that. It's time I grew up and learned what that means. And I've always been independent, so I'm really relishing in most of this :).

We've also been talking recently about our future plans and what and when all that will be. We both really need to finish school and get jobs before we get married so that we don't have to live on Ramen when we do, although we're both big fans :). I don't know how much we're planning to save up but I think we'd like to have enough for 6-8 months living expenses. That's what's recommended and I think that's what's safe. I feel like I would rather be over prepared than have life throw something at us, like a first car wreck or, God forbid, a serious injurgy. I want to be financially able to handle those things. And after we talked we realized that because of when his internship is (Summer 2010) and because of it being an unpaid intership during which he would be working 40+ hours a week, we decided that getting married in Fall 2010 didn't seem like the wisest choice. So I think that we're thinking more along the lines of Fall 2011. I wouldn't say that long except that I really want to get married in the fall and by that time we should be somewhat settled in our careers.

I know that it's not going to all go hunky-dory but I'm also just going to plan for what I can, hope for the best and leave the rest up to God.