Yesterday was the lowest point of despair I have experienced in quite some time. I would describe it as an emotional bottom. Mel had also suffered through one of those days and was feeling about as low as I was. We both felt like giving up. Then we went out into the yard and had a long talk. We made some seemingly tough decisions. One of them was to still spend at least a day at the beach. It would be the honeymoon we never had. Ws would just shorten our stay.Another was to just hang in there with the difficulties that seemed to be bogging our planned addition to home down. Money seemed to have almost run out.

Today she called me and said we still had to pay for the full stay. I said lets go for it. I so want to walk on the beach holding hands in the moonlight. Then I checked my bank account after lunch and told her we had the money to go. A month and a half of belt tightening had built us up a nice reserve without realizing it. Then a dividend check showed up in the mail and my economic stimulus is due next week. The closing on our equity loan should also happen next week and I get an extra pay check this month. We caan breathe again.

It's going to be okay.