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[buckettgirl]

We are working poor, but we are quickly moving up to working/middle class. It hasn't been so very long ago that we are the very bottom - taken us 3 years to get where we are. When I feel down about our situation, I think about what it was like, and then I know we have truly made progress.
We are working poor because I am in college - I'm a straight A student and I take about 15 -18 hours every semester. I am also a housewife. I don't work, but I could get job if I had to - almost instantly too, I am a Certified Nurses Aide.
After I finish college, I estimate that it will be about a year before we hit middle class, and that is assuming that I pass the NCLEX exam and become an RN. We will also be debt free when I graduate (not including student loans), the high interest credit card payments will be long gone.
My husband also has fairly decent job security - he works for Clayton Homes, Schult division. They make manufactured housing, and right now overtime is mandatory and they have a huge backlog. As long as this job lasts, we should be ok and actually able to save money for once.