Returning To Work

It's been the elephant in the room for a little while now but hubs and i had a good money talk.

Financially I need to go back to work our eldest will be heading to secondary school in a few years and with that fees go up. I want to be in a financial position that means we have school fees paid from our savings. Currently we make it from 1 pay day to the next with lose change (if we are lucky) left over.

It's been a paperwork overload recently but now I'm sitting back awaiting the outcome of my paperwork to see if I get my teachers licence after nearly 10 years.

Update since typing the first part:

Yesterday the Teaching Institute emailed me requesting another piece of paperwork. I found it, copied it and took it to the local primary schools l where a friend of mine is the Principal. she certified the document and then on my way out for the school run in the afternoon took it to the post office and sent it off on its merry way. Feels good to be able to sit back again and wait for them to let me know the next step.



Also, hubs came home from work yesterday and told me that he has been asked to step into the Assistant Principal role for 8 weeks while another teacher is on a placement. This is good for us financially  but of course it's not local and staying at this school isn't part of our goals for the family. The good thing is it gives him AP experience for this next job application which will be great to have on his resume. This will mean an extra $350 a fortnight which will be used in the following ways ($1,400 in total)



1) $350 put aside for our camping in September
2) $100 split for hubs and I - we have not had incidentals money in a long time and i know he wants to buy some new socks. Mine will be spent on a gift for Father's day for him from the kids
3) $20 owed to eldest
4) the rest will go to the credit card