So you guys wanna know why I’m celebrating?

Those of you who have been around here a hella long time might remember my ill fated journey into the record dealing business with my mom’s brother. And how he jumped ship and left me with around $7000 in IRS debt I couldn’t pay back in addition to my student loans that were about to start needing to be paid. I was mentally exhausted and couldn’t – just couldn’t – do grad school, so I was left with a bunch of debt and about 10 boxes of records I couldn’t sell. 

WELL. 

After 4 years of damn hard work, sweat, tears, cursing the heaven’s and my former business partners name, and patiently and diligently paying monthly installments, plus all my tax returns, toward the amount, 

IT IS FINALLY PAID OFF. 

And that’s not all. Today my tax return – my first proper tax return in four years – hit the bank. 

The majority of it went into my savings account, but I also got paid and this is a 5 week month, so I am in Treat Yourself mode. I’m going on a lush shopping spree online, I got tex-mex, next week I might get pizza. But I am so excited and happy, and now the amount I would have been sending to the IRS, I’m going to put into savings. I’ve spent the last 4 years with my life on hold. Now maybe I can afford grad school, or at least get a decent amount of money in my savings account. 

It feels so good.