Debt ceiling

The 17 year old Chrysler (mentioned here) finally died for good. Between a catastrophic failure (kachunk, pshhhhhh, flap flap, flap, and then everything stopped at once) and the "do not resuscitate" order I entered last time we dropped a grand on the thing, it was time.
Of course, we need two cars -- Bullshark and I work in opposite directions and run very different hours. Now we now have TWO car payments, both 100% financed because we have zero savings thanks to law school.  Between those payments and daycare... seriously, exorbitant daycare costs that are about to skyrocket when Angelfish starts full time in September.  Daycare costs are so high, it sometimes feels like it would pay for me NOT to work.  Then I look at the other bills, knowing that I contribute toward paying them, and I realize that its not an option for me to stay home. Why? Mortgage/taxes, Clownfish's tuition (whole year must be paid between July and December, so payments are pretty high right now), student loans....  Plus we have other debt.  Old debt that we've been working hard to pay down, plus debt acquired in law school.

Raising the family debt ceiling sucked.  But now we have a sweet little commuter car (Hyundai Accent) that can get up to 40 miles per gallon.  We'll probably come out ahead... eventually.