week 10

This week we've talked a lot about finances. It kind of stressed me out more than anything. Seeing how much money it costs to raise a family is incredible.

It made me think about my own family and how I was raised. We were a single income family. My sisters and I didn't participate too much in any sports, but my sister Marcie played the flute in the marching band, so there were some costs from that needed.

I feel like we traveled quite a bit. Every summer we would travel to different blind conventions whether they were in Texas, Washington DC, or Oklahoma. and because of my dads blindness a lot of extra expenses were needed for my family that weren't needed for others. We needed special assitive technology, and we used a lot more gas than most families since my mom had to take my dad to work and to meetings everyday.

Budgets scare me, if i'm being completely honest. And while I know i need to be a part of it when I get married, I hope that my husband has a sense of patience for it so that we can narrow down things from wants to needs.

This week has just reminded me how important it is for me to be financially stable before I get married and to start putting forth a budget now so that it isn't a complete shock when I have a family to help support.