Emergency funds....and schooling

Ok, so what exactly constitutes an emergency...?

So I have a little bit of cash set aside, not much, and certainly not the 6 months I'm supposed to have set aside, but how many people do, really? 

And I've been trying to get my kids more active in things, as they are not as physically fit as I'd like them to be. I mean, they are both in dance, and my younger one is in karate, but because of the nature of food today, most kids are not as healthy as they could be.

That being said, I was in Blockbuster of all places when I spotted it. A Wii Fit.  I've been keeping an eye out for months for one. They are very hard to find you know. I actually managed to walk away from it. I drove home. I talked with the wife. 

"It's not in the budget", we agreed.

"We shouldn't do it.", we agreed.

"We have an emergency fund", we agreed.

"There are impossible to find.", we agreed.

"We really want it.", we agreed.

"The kids need the exercise", we agreed.

I bought it.

It's a blast! That thing is SOO much fun! All four of us have our Mii's doing Yoga poses, and hula-hoops, and tightrope walking, and all kinds of things. 

Regrets? None now...I may have one if the car breaks down in the coming months, but right now we're doing good. :)

(P.s. The reason for delays in posts? School! Argh! It's kicking my butt. Last week I had one week to research and write a 3,000 word paper. Now this week I have to research and write ANOTHER one....Argh!  The end is near....March, I think. I'm waiting on the school to give me the exact class schedule.)

1500!

Ok, so "The Nephew" is not quite at 3,000...but I'm at 1500 and its time to send the story out to a few friends to see what they think and what parts need more description. Hopefully I get good feedback! :)

Goals....

So it's been about a week plus since I've posted, and I'm not completely up to par with my goal...but then, who is? We set a goal to shoot for the stars, and when we get the moon, we can still be quite happy with what we've accomplished.

Of course, I'm shooting for the whole dang milky way. ;)

Last week was our international convention at work, so I was occupied every single day with that, and when I wasn't there I was doing school-work. Tedious stuff, but kept be busy none-the-less.

the story progresses! Word count is 1446 and continuing...my goal is to get at least 3,000 before I submit it (hopefully by Oct 1st)

--Steven

"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations." - Charles de Montesquieu