An update . . . of sorts.

I have not had much to say of late so at least an update is in order - for me to read if nothing else.

I continue to work a lot of hours at my hospital. We are soon going to 'basic' status meaning two nurses on at all times. On a practical level that means going to 12.5 hour shifts; longer days but more days off at a time.

I also continue to work my second job about 10 hours a week doing online medical work for a doctors group out of San Francisco.

The money I make is going toward paying off my debt, now down to about $9,700. I hope to have it down below 9000 by the end of September. Complicating this process is the fact that I am buying a truck from a good friend of mine and am diverting some money toward payments, for luckily he is flexible enough to allow that.

Then today I had my 1992 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon in the garage for some work I needed done that I could not do. It appears that the head gasket is slowly going (meaning that it could fail at any point). The engine has almost 250,000 miles on it now so I want to begin saving for a rebuilt engine. The mechanic I use has a 'short' block available so I can essentially piggyback most of my engine onto it potentially saving a bit of money by doing so. My air conditioner system is new as are many other pieces on the car so it is more logical to rehab the car then sell at this point (I neglected to mention I just replace the rear shocks and springs with overheight springs and Koni Shocks from Holland).

Reminds me of the old quip 'I owe, I owe so off to work I go'. So very American capitalist. Well, my hope is that I will retire my debt (no car work will go on the credit card), have a car that is 'new' (interior is being fixed/renewed, new suspension and now a new engine) and the future reveals itself to us in all its glory.

Sure, get right on that would you bucky?