I’m Off Saving Money
I will be on vacation until August 8th - a vacation worth -$400. The daughter’s sleep away camp is $800 for two weeks; if I go and work there for a week - I get a week’s worth of camp paid for. Considering the steep price of camp, this is a requirement for our family because I just couldn’t afford it otherwise. Also, our camping program gives out scholarship money for lower income families, like us, and even with a scholarship this year, I still have to go and work a week to make it possible.
I absolutely think the camp is worth the cost and that my efforts are worth the reimbursement our family receives. I’ve already started budgeting for next years camp — registration starts in Jan or Feb and payment is due by May — and know that with my new job (or at least a new job I hope to have by then) I won’t be able to take a week off to work at camp. Last week, however, the daughter said that she wants to go to camp for four weeks — $ouch!. I told her that she better start thinking of ways to earn the money between now and then if she really wants to make it happen.
I look forward to catching up on some interesting posts when I get back.