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SF - Advice/Opinions Needed
This month I will receive an "extra" pay check since there are three pay checks this month instead of two. This means benefits will not be deducted so it will be a decent chunk of change. Keeping the SF in mind and therefore being responsible and not splurging it on anything unnecessary I'm debating whether to apply this paycheck to pay down our loan or to put it into savings for when I'm out on FMLA after baby is born.
My original plan was to just apply it to the loan to save on the interest. Additional factor is this time when I'm out on FMLA I'll have accrued more sick time and I have an extra week's vacation now that I didn't have before because of the promotion. Therefore I will have approximately 5 of the weeks covered with full pay, but I plan on being out for the full 12 weeks like I did with Alex.
What would you do?
Re: SF - Advice/Opinions Needed
Stand up for something you believe in.
I would put it into savings to use towards FMLA.
Just from my experience recently, I wish I would have had a little more money to fall back on with the last 6 weeks of my leave unpaid. I'm back to work now, but I won't get a paycheck until the 21st. Not getting a paycheck kind of sucks, so I'd definitely save that extra check.
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