School and life stress

Well its finals this week and next week. I took my first two finals last night, and I was totally stressed about them, but they both went alright, not perfect but hopefully A's on both. Its been a very stressful month this month. Me and Jake are trying to find a way to get out of the debt we are in and to start saving and to find a way to start paying on his school loans... Yikes. It seems impossible right now since our bills are exceding our income... Yeah, not including expenses like food or gas, just the bills. Its pretty terrifying. The reason for it is that Jake changed jobs recently, he is really loving his new job but it pays 3.50 less than his last job. And I can't get a raise or more hours at mine because my boss can't afford it, although he can afford to go to Moab for 6 days, but whatever... If I changed jobs now it would be kind of dumb because in the fall I will be doing an internship and getting into the pharmacy career I am going to school for. So I am kind of stuck.

I suppose I could get a second job, but I really don't want to, and don't think I have the time. I am the flexible one in the family and am basically expected to be available to help out often. Which I love doing, don't get me wrong, if I could I would quit my job and just be with the kidlets, and even have my own... But that isn't really going to happen for a while.

Jake and I are planning on moving back in with his parents at the end of May, they are looking to move... So hopefully that will get figured out before the end of May, otherwise I don't know what we are going to do because there isn't really enough room for all of us in the house they have now, especially because they are trying to sell it. They made an offer on a 1/2 million dollar house that has been on the market so long they have dropped the price to about 450,000, the offer was for 400,000 and the sellers countered with 425,000. So Jake's parents went back at 410,000. We will see what happens there. One scary part of us moving in with them in this new house is that the basement still needs to be finished and will require a second mortgage for them to do it, they want us to stay long enough and pay rent to help pay for it. I don't know how long that means... I am ok with a couple years, I think, while Jake is finishing his schooling. But I don't know how long after that would work. The basement is big enough to have 2 or 3 bedrooms, and a kitchen and living room, so like a whole house. They want us to think about staying longer than just through school, which would mean raising kids in their house, and I am uncertain how I feel about that. It was never in my life plan, but I am trying to be open minded and realize where the market is going and that with how much houses are costing it might be our only option for a while. If we are really good and can deal with sharing the space maybe we could save up enough money to buy a house with a huge down payment or something. I don't know. Stress.

Well that is enough stressing for now...