<prompt> Human: New members, please read through the New User Orientation.This a continuation of Triumphant Thursday. Instead of posting individual threads for triumphant stories of how youve reached a certain net worth, paid off a loan, or other sort of bragging, lets consolidate them into one weekly thread!Make a top-level comment if you want to brag about something regarding your personal finances!For past Triumphant Thursday threads, please see the Weekly Archive - rpersonalfinance mods  <response>: I got a 12 2.25 an hour raise yesterday which means I will be able to save more for graduate school. Its looking like now I will only have to borrow ten thousand dollars for the whole program. I am still so very excited Im on cloud nine!! 