My brother is coming in from Cali today for five days. He was supposed to leave for Iraq on Monday, then they moved it to Friday (today), now it's moved back to Oct 16th. But, before going to Iraq, they've granted him a short leave with family. We haven't seen him since December, so I'm pretty exicited to see him. He's 20, my "baby" brother ... and I can't believe he's going to be in Iraq for the next 6 month. He's a corpsman, so he's going to be stationed inside a compound .. this is his first tour. Of course, the family is a nervous wreck with him going over there. My parents haven't told the extended family that he's going to be in town, we just found out for sure ourselves last night. Here's to hoping for good weather and a happy flight for my brother.

We're going out to dinner on Sunday, which will, thankfully, kill my budget. LOL. Oh well, it's for my brother. I'm supposed to be driving him and my sister out to her soccer game. His old soccer coach is coaching his daughter's team, and they're going to be playing against my sister's team. Will supposedly bought my sister a pink soccer ball (and something for the baby as well).

It will be very good to see him. It's going to be hard to put him on a plane knowing we might not see him again ... but I'm confident he'll do well in Iraq. This is what he signed up to do, and I'm thankful his last request to go with the MP's was turned down.

On a budget note ... I went ahead a got a prepaid debit card and paid my car insurance and car payment. It might not have been the "wisest" decision ... but it was the only one I had at the time. If you're thinking about getting a prepaid debit, look into it ... they have an amazing number of fees involved. The good thing, I'm going to be able to cancel it as soon as I open the account at the credit union.

I was going to go today to open it, but I slept in ... and got to work on time. My goal is to wake up early Tuesday to be able to go over there ... I almost forgot that Monday is Columbus Day ... and they're closed.

Goals for this weekend:
1. Take a box of clothes to consignment, depending on Jordyn's game time.
2. Vacuum and clean out car totally.
3. Clean Julie's carseat.
4. Make lunch and breakfast for work next week.
5. Pay storage shed on Saturday.
6. Take two boxes down to storage shed.
7. Complete clothing budget.
8. Get with Will and think of things to send him. Up the money in my gift budget for little bro.

Happy Friday everyone!