2 steps forward 1 and 99/100 steps back

For some reason, we just can't seem to get ahead. Every time we think we'll be alright, something else lands on our plate and we are pushed right back to where we were. It's so frustrating! Spring break when Jeff didn't work threw us for a loop, especially since it was paired with me getting sick (again!), which meant missed work and a doctor's bill. It just never seems to end. Sometimes we wonder if we will ever move forward and stay there. Will we ever get a house, pay off my loans, have kids, get new cars? It seems like pretty much everyone else we know got great jobs out of college and is on their way to having homes and retirement funds, while we barely scrape it all together every month (most months we don't really). I know money doesn't buy happiness, but I feel like it might at least buy less stress and more enjoyment and a little peace of mind! I think they were wrong when they said that...it really does buy happiness when you are this poor. Maybe if all our basic needs were met, then it wouldn't make us any happier. Who knows? But for now, we are barely creeping through this all. Maybe we'll make it to the end.