Haha, I actually thought about putting that and the $400 I just got scammed out of earlier this week as lows. Maybe my 2024 goal will be to be more careful about not wasting money on dumb mistakes 😜
I'm sorry, I definitely didn't mean to pick on you for something that actually upsets you, so I hope that wasn't the case! At least the higher HHI high should help offset those? Hope there are no scams or currency confusions in store for you in 2024
Oh no, I should have added I am laughing about it so it's not truly a low that I'm upset about, more like a low because they were a couple of stupid mistakes that should't have happened.
My H's raise definitely helped offset these - lucky him for working so hard to support my mistakes!
HIGHS: My BIL was treated with a new procedure for CAD which seems to have been successful. He'll have another stent done in late January. Three years ago, cardiologists told him he was out of surgical options and that aside from increased medication doses which exhaust him there was nothing more they could do.
My marriage and our health are good.
LOWS: My best friend's husband died in September. He was older and had some health issues, but his death was unexpected. He was hospitalized most of July, August and September which was hard because it doesn't feel like they ever got a handle on the many things going on none of which would have been terminal on their own. She is justifiably struggling emotionally. He left her in great shape financially but she's kind of at sea with this kind of adulting because he took care of everything. They'd married around 15 years ago, and he'd been single a long time; he was used to handling everything and as a struggling single mom she was happy to be the doted-on princess who didn't need to think about these things. She was fully vested in her retirement and had an OK 401K and decent job, so she would have been OK if things didn't work out. She's also channeled her upset into anger at her daughter which is irrational. I don't think DD understands what mom wants from her because BFF puts on a brave face with her and is passive aggressive in not telling her. I also think DD may be avoiding mom because she's not happy in her own marriage. DD's husband is kind of an immature asshole. He's 40: I don't think he's going to improve.
My mother's very real medical and social needs are all-consuming. We have drifted away from being more like friends to me being more of a caregiver. Between her thrice weekly PT, her eye injections every 6 weeks, regular eye doc, her monthly hair appointment, the dentist, cardiologist, PCP, psychiatrist, lung and sleep apnea guy, several derm checks and procedures yearly and random falls and illnesses I feel like I can't get away with DH.
My niece lost a very much wanted pregnancy. She's in her 40s, so odds of a spontaneous rainbow are very unlikely. She's probably going to do IVF and I wish she didn't have to.