me and my husband. He was working 2 weeks on/1 week off this summer and is only home for the winter before going back to the same schedule next summer. It's incredibly hard, on both people. He's been home for less than a week and we're still busily trying to work through all the communication issues which cropped up while he was gone, getting used to being around the other person all the time, and having the big conversations we didn't want to have over Skype. Would I still say this is worth it? Absolutely. We've been scraping by for so long that it's nice to finally have some of our goals within sight. We just won't do this long-term. (And yes, my husband will be looking for other work this winter, as well as learning some new skills to hopefully change careers in the next few years. We've both agreed that taking a pay cut for an in-town job is still a better option than making more/working away from home. However, that's not exactly realistic in my state, with his degree/experience/youth.) It seems to me Sara's kicking ass and demonstrating tremendous strength to get out of a tough situation. One of the (temporary) costs is her social life. That resonated with me and I merely want to offer her encouragement and, now, Sister, too! That is how we started our debt free journey- by selling all unnecessary things we didn't want or didn't use and putting all new money