No es lo mismo

The idea continues and more invigorated still as to how I feel. Though very few setbacks, I am every passing moment closer to the individual I’ve envisioned. Next step is to save money and for that I’ve been having breakfast home and taking lunch to work. Also, I’ve so rarely use my bank card and I spend a lot less, in fact a fraction of what I used to. This month’s rent was sent out and mother has been helpful. Sooner than I think, we’ll move out. I’ve opened an investment accounts, a well-balanced portfolio considering allocation. To start off, I set aside five-hundred dollars and was left with almost zero in my account. But I will save a hundred dollars weekly along with Isabel which will give us a total of four-hundred biweekly. At that speed, soon we’ll have enough to put aside the amount needed to move out and enough saved to give the down payment for a small cozy place in Dominican Republic. We have no plans of owning anything in the United States for now. In a not too distant future, we may shift from that perspective. Now that her legal status is solved, as she happens to have a husband and a son citizens, no doubt in time everything will be sorted favorably. Once that happens (within a few months, half a year the most), I will put her and my stepson, along with little Esteban, as dependents. The payoff will be enough to put the downpayment for a property, wherever that might be. Meanwhile, we'll be saving and edifying other forms of income as well as invest in higher education on my part and a certified career for her. I showed her how much will such education cost us: less than a thousand dollars for the nurse assistant course and exam, and another few hundreds for English. She needs to better herself and therefore be more fluent in English. She speaks Spanish, and that's always a plus. As for me, well, let's just say that I have far more ambitious plans of which I won't speak a word.
I’ve spoken with my mother as well as my sister back in Colombia about the possibility of buying a cool apartment in Barranquilla. Both properties (Dominican Republic and Colombia) will amount to less than taxation from a single residence here in the States. I’ve also mentioned to Isabel the prospect of embarking on a college degree and for her to take up a vocational career in the very least. Maybe she doesn’t feel too sure for now but I’ll inspire her to go for it by strengthening our vows (buy her a wedding ring, cut going out so much, etc) and completely eradicating her doubts. Of course, she’ll have to do her part too. She’ll have to be enthusiastic or create enthusiasm.