My Carolina LifeBy: Brittany S. Lopez

My name is Brittany Lopez. I am 28 years old. I moved to Garysburg, NC from Jacksonville, FL in Jan of 2011.Footnote: I am currently in an A.A. degree program. I intend to transfer to Wesleyan in Jan 2017 to pursue a B.S. in Accounting.

I met my Mr. Right (Eduardo Lopez) in November of 2011. This is when my life took a turn for the better.He began to pursue me in February of 2012.

We were a whirlwind romance and got married in April of 2012. Why waste time?

We quickly grew into our first home and 9 months later we blended our family in January of 2013.

I became a stay at home mom and a couponer to offset my lack of income when I got pregnant. I found a passion for budgeting and making our money stretch. (Hence my career goal of being an accountant.)

I got so good at managing our household on one income that we were able to rent this house in February 2014 for even cheaper than the first micro house. Of course we had to put in a lot of TLC first.

After the little one turned 1, it was time for me to try to get back to my goals. I started working part time as a rural carrier for the Post Office in June 2014. I had an epiphany around Jan 2015 and started making real plans to get my career goals started. I had a life planned out for my family and it was time to work on getting us there.Khamaya

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I submitted an application soon after that for an indoor position in the Post Office. I’m not very religious but I prayed and made a promise to God and myself, that if I passed that test after 4 days of driving back and forth to a training in Raleigh, NC, that I would not waste any more time enrolling to finish my degree.On my way back from Raleigh after passing my test!

I am the only employee in my office 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. It’s so little!

All that being said I am finally achieving my personal goals after bringing my two beautiful girls into this world and getting them settled in. I am not stopping until I reach my ultimate goal of purchasing a brand new home for us. Hopefully my degree will help get me there! Thanks for reading!!!