Hi all, back from my Georgia trip. Got alot done in 2 1/2 days, I planned the whole wedding! (I am exhausted, we met with vendors from 10am to 7pm all day long)

The wedding is over budget. I keep looking at my list wondering "where did it all go wrong?" There are a few areas (like hair and makeup for bridal party and myself $560!)that are outrageous but I tried very hard to go to multiple vendors-they're just all expensive!
I justify it as paying for accountability and reliability as well as service, since I am an out of town bride. I'll post the wedding totals later.
I managed to squeeze in a short house hunting trip too. I come back to report disheartening news- I dunno what I'm going to do. The houses I had sent to the realtor on my list to look at are in very dangerous areas of the city. I THOUGHT 250k is a bit of a lower middle class price range- not in Savannah. Much more expensive city than I realized.

So my realtor told me that when I come back to look at houses again we will look at condos in safer neighborhoods (but a good 800 sq ft smaller than I was hoping to get into). So thats disapointing, but I guess safety and security is expensive nowadays.

Finances are improving. The jeep has tires once again. $600. ouch. But Baseball boy got a win last night, so job security is good for at least another week. That helps our peace of mind. But his job security is always low, we never count on his paycheck, because he is one injury away from retiring.

We thought the end was soon last week. I didnt want to post anything because its hard to explain the reasoning and logic of buerocracies when you're going through them, you are never sure what is going on or how things will turn out till they turn out.

Baseball boy was injured (very minor) but needed a 2 week rest. According to this leagues regulations he had to go on the 30 day disabled list and just receive workmens compensation. During this time, the coach decided he needed to replace baseball boy to have a 'stand in' guy on the roster to fill baseball boy's spot. So baseball boy was released from the team with the understanding he would be signed back after he was cleared of his 30 day sentence.

Baseball boy was very uncertain he would be signed back because if the new player performed well, then there is no room for baseball boy to get back on the team. So he called a few other teams and was in negotiations to move possibly to Canada.
The next day the tires were stolen from my jeep. The day after that I had a flight scheduled to go to Ga. Things were chaotic and a mess. Baseball boy was trying to remain unsigned as long as possible to recieve workmans comp from the original team, but still keep Canada interested until I got back and could handle the jeep issues myself. Luckily, our original team wanted him back, and he signed back yesterday and got a win yesterday!

Unfortinately, they signed him back at $1100 a month, decreasing his pay by $300. It's pretty common to do that this late in the season, when a player has no team to play for, and many rosters are filled, you can get players very cheaply, and of course Baseball boy was in a bind where it would have been a couple hundred bucks to drive and move to Canada and live in a hotel for the remainder of the season, or stay here for less pay. It is just a tad smarter to stay here.

Our emergency fund is wiped out with the dog getting sick and then dying, the move and drive across states, and then the tires. I dont see it getting replenished until after the wedding in November because,well-theres a wedding going on.

But the house down payment fund will keep earning interest (100 bucks a month is a 100 bucks), I am burned out on house hunting. I just dont trust the listings anymore. There are some things that cameras dont capture in real estate ads.
and theres been no need to dip into retirement savings, so hopefully we are clear of financial hurdles for a bit.