Posted on Wednesday, 20th February 2008 by R.J.
I noticed something today that should have been obvious but has taken me at least the past four months to realize: my wife has five paydays this month.
And not only this month, but four months of the year. She is paid weekly and gets paid four times a month eight months out of the year and five times a month four months out of the year.
I’ve always been paid bi-weekly and thus get usually two paychecks ten months out of the year and three the other two months.
Why does this matter? Well, it matters because I’ve been calculating our budget under the assumption that she makes only four paychecks. Since I was calculating it incorrectly, this money was never being accounted for or managed properly. It should give us a couple extra credit card payments at the very least.
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