Twenty minutes ago I logged on to my student loan account to see if my AmeriCorps education award had cleared. It had! That left a balance of $1,009, and I made an electronic payment, effective today, to pay it off.
No more student loan.
That’s $65,000 paid off in the last 2.5 years; my entire income since late 2004 had gone to paying it, and we threw some savings at it as well. I could not have done this without Husband. I’m very blessed that he didn’t blanch at the debt when he met me. Well, maybe he turned a little pale, but the prospect of helping pay this loan didn’t overwhelm his love for me. What a man!
That’s awesome!! Congratulations!
woohoo! congrats! that must feel realllly good.
Congratulations. Of course your husband loved you and helped you pay the loan…You are an educated woman. That’s worth a few years of payments!
wow! congrats! you’ll have no idea what to do with your money after this!
whoot whoot!
Thanks everyone. 🙂 ACM, our rent has inceased $600 a month, which is what the regular loan payment was.
Congratulations! This is always a great moment. My doctor son, now 44, says he will pay off his loans with his Social Security check. I’m looking back on your posts the past few days. Did you get the town house?
wonderful wonderful wonderful! what a team you two are!
Wow–can’t believe you did it in 2.5 years! Congratulations!
Good going?
I actually paid off the loans I had after law school, and the loans my wife (now ex) had after graduate school. Actually, I paid off the bulk of her loans after we split up.
Sorry you’ve got to pay it to a landlord now.