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A scare with a little bit of FREEDOM.

We had quite the scare on Thursday. Dawson's daycare called me at 3:15 to tell me he had a 102 degree fever. I had CAP conferences, so my mom was going to get him anyway. I called her and said, "you have to go pick up Dawson now and take him to either the doctor or urgent care." She takes him to his PCP and he said that his ears and chest were clear and his lymph nodes weren't swollen. Probably just a fever virus. I have never been more scared in my life. On a different note, we got another credit card paid off! One more payment down. Now to just get our emergency fund up to $1000 and we will be ready for the debt snowball effect. I can't wait! We have not used credit, except for our house, since July. We have paid cash for everything. Even for Christmas, I was able to pay without using credit. It has been the greatest feeling. We couldn't have done it without my parents. What's next to pay off? We don't count our appliances because we have 12 months interest free, but next is a personal loan in Troyce's name that was taken out to pay off debt. Personal loans are bad. Beware. We are making progress! We were even able to use the rest of our income tax money to buy Troyce a bigger tool box for work, and I have been able to do our weekly tithes to the church. We are doing things I didn't think we were ever going to be able to do. This journey has been stressful, but man oh man has it been worth it.

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