Indeed, it has been a long month. Nothing seemed to be going right in the midst of getting beat down by bills, but I have a plan that might do the trick.
Basically, I'm going hardcore and have been getting rid of services and picking things to sell to try to get extra money and to reduce monthly outlay. The latest victims? DirecTV and Vonage. Most of our entertainment comes from Xbox Live and network TV, so the DirecTV had to go. I dropped Vonage and went back to a basic line just so that the alarm has something to use.
The next step will be to get rid of my car. I'm currently looking to pay cash for something around $1500 or so. The idea is that by spending $1500, I can free up roughly $6800 in debt and get rid of about $300 a month in monthly obligations (depending on what I can get for the vibe, of course.)
I've also been working like crazy in a second job to help fund the car plan, so hopefully this will fall into place soon. I'll keep you updated on how it is going when I get the snowball rolling.