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I am already predicting that today will be an amazing day. The sun is shining, and the guy on the radio says it should be a nice warm day. My original countdown has ended. School is over, certain particular children are leaving. I no longer have to deal with their crazy ways. I wish them the best on their new endeavors and adventures to new schools. Now let summer relaxation at work begin.

Summer time at my work has the whole Hakuna Matata mentality. Loads of outside time, frequent trips to new playgrounds and parks. There is really no rush to be back at the center other than for naptime for the children who nap. Something about the summer I love the most, I think it is just the slowed down pace of it all.

I’m also of course looking forward to my vacation which starts July 11 when I get off work. When I gt off work that day we will be heading straight for a quick dinner and then right to the airport to depart for Toronto. What both Bryan and I are looking forward to most is the walking on to the airplane taking our seats. We are both going to try and sleep on the plane as it is a overnight flight. We will arrive in Toronto around 6am. I really do hope I sleep on the plane at least a little bit, I know I won’t as I will be to excited about the fact I am on Vacation and on a real airplane.

I just realized it has been way to long since my last post, and not to mention how Kimm has told me that I MUST blog, or else.

Bryan and I have been saving like mad. We are on Vacation in 21 days. Wow. I’m getting excited! One of my money saving techniques has been that I canceled my car insurance. I took the insurance off my car for the summer. I will save over $600 this summer alone, not to mention saving money on gas ($1.50/L!). I have been riding my bike to work basically everyday, it has been loads of fun. I do not call my self a hardcore cyclist, as I do have the option to drive the truck to work, but I will only use the truck when it is pissing rain outside. Which is understandable….

Bryan and I have made a pact, we both want to be more active after work instead of just sitting around watching T.V. I even canceled our cable (saving $60/month) as do we really need to be watching T.V.? When it is summertime and the fact that we spend more time playing video games than watching T.V.?

With all this money saving changes I still feel broke. I guess with the fact that I am so close to being out of debt and the fact that I hardly have anything major saved up for this vacation that I am going to be tapping into my Line of Credit for this vacation a little bit, and also the fact that I am planning on heading to school in September and that is going to cost money as well….. I know everything will turn out just right in the end.