the waiiii-ting is the hardest part

One more week, and I will get paid, and it will have been seven weeks since the last time I got paid. That is a VERY Long time.

That's been the hardest part about freelancing, the delay in getting paid. My old company, the one I'm freelancing for, is on a 30-day pay cycle. So I submitted my Nov. invoices on Dec. 2, which means they don't have to pay me until Jan. 2, which means I won't have money till probably Wednesday of next week.

Once I get paid, I can pay all of our monthly bills, put a lot of money back into savings, and keep some around as extra in our account to tide us over until my next check. It's just hard right now.

I'm trying to resist the urge to take money out of long-term savings (which we already had to do for T and I to buy presents for each other, and we have already budgeted to replace that money). But that money is for our house. And really, it's only another few days. It's just hard, because now we really can't do anthing until then.

Patience. Patience is a virtue.