As summers usually go, we've had some unforeseen expenses come up that have eaten into our savings a bit. After a bit of scrambling and planning, we found some unique ways to compensate and put ourselves in a better financial position going into Vietnam.
- Wife--bless her heart--is taking on medical locums. She found an easy, 8-to-5 4-week gig that doesn't cut into her evenings and weekends. The additional income from this work definitely pads the savings.
- Wife also had the brilliant idea to defer our student loans. My deferment application was approved immediately. Thuy is still working on hers.
- As mentioned in an earlier post, we rented out our place for a weekend. That brought some extra cash that we didn't expect to have before. We'll continue to make the house available while we're still here. Our friends and family are kind enough to have us stay with them when we have renters in the house.
We've come to terms with the fact that we'll have to live off of credit cards in order to achieve our larger travel goals. The adjustments taken above will help us push out that reality just a bit further down the road.
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