Saving

My savings account and I have a love-hate relationship. Love because I have always been a saver and this habit has never let me down. My momma taught me that. When I was in high school my parents never made me get a job during the school year. They wanted me to focus my time and attention on getting good grades and excelling at extracurricular activities, which I did. Then in the summers I would get a job and save every penny I earned. I loved saving it and watching my account grow as I worked hard for it. Here comes the hate part - when you watch that account tank in one fell swoop. A lot of times it can be for just one thing. That is exactly what happened after saving those few years of summer jobs and I paid for my first semester of college. Don't get me wrong, I saved it for exactly that purpose and I have never taken my education for granted because I worked hard for it but it still isn't enough justification to take away that little twinge of disappointment that follows watching the numbers drop to practically nothing with one check and realizing you have to start all over again from the bottom.

Since I've been a college student, the only thing I have ever really saved for in my life is school. Now that Nic and I are both in school, we continue to use our savings towards education but we also decided to save for something else, our first home. And while I love saving for that next step of our lives I also hate saving because that is where that twinge of disappointment creeps back up on me when life happens. For example, needing a new set of tires for a car. $600 for new tires isn't exactly a fun way to spend savings. Another semester of school isn't so fun either.

I've never really gotten the opportunity to save for something fun. Like a trip for example. Nic and I have dreams of going to Italy or on a cruise somewhere tropical but the savings are usually needed elsewhere. I know we are young and have our whole lives to travel but I'm not naive enough to know that there will always be something more important to save for like a house or a baby.

While my relationship with my savings account is partly hate, it is mostly love. It helps take care of Nic and I and provide for our needs which is more than many people in this world can say. For our age, I think we are doing pretty darn good if I say so myself.

But seriously, I'm pretending my savings are taking me here today instead of a new set of tires mmkay! ;)

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