February Wins and Losses

[Stan]

L: Our washer broke and we discovered a leak in the drain line. $2500 I wasn't expecting this month. Tomorrow we're having an electrician in to run a line to our newly encapsulated crawl space. The hits keep coming.

L: The IRS is messed up this year, anyone else notice? I filed 1/29 and was obsessively checking WMR. It kept saying still processing. I poked around on reddit and signed in to my actual IRS account where it said they needed additional verification and had sent a letter. They had not sent a letter. I clicked to get it again but it could take up to three weeks. They're supposed to notify you on WMR if they need something from you but instead I wasted a week. It's not a ton but it would've covered the money from the first paragraph.

L/W: @@ We toured an all girls school for DD. She's been having a rough time at her parochial school and this place is amazing. All the girls seem so happy and it's very progressive. She's very smart but very, very sensitive and anxious and I think it could be a great place for her. I'm very pro public school but I do not like the political atmosphere of where we live and I've seen teachers post some VERY questionable stuff on our local FB about LGBTQ issues. The girls school is very progressive and had great answers to my questions about how they'd handle gender identity issues. I just keep thinking about what a different person I'd be if I'd had access to a place like this. We are absolutely so privileged to even consider it but it's 25k year all in, and that is a lot for us.

[aspentosh]

W/L: with H's job uncertainty we cancelled our spring break trip to AZ. Got back all our money for lodging and have a flight credit that we can use later on.

W: we've kept our spending to an absolutely minimum just to be safe. Our CC bill is so low, lol.

L: our dog needs to get some x-rays and a tooth removed, so that'll be $2k next month.

[definitelyO]

L: DH is on short term disability - our state also has a paid leave plan. His employer, his insurance company, and state are all pointing at each other and right now he's due $9,000 in back pay with no pay date in sight. If it's not corrected by Friday I'm calling the Dept of Insurance.

W: My 401K added a comma.

[niq]

W: I found cheaper airfare for the spring break trip
L: the midwinter break trip was mega expensive. I knew it was coming, but the hotel and car rental were both way over what I expected. I forgot to include the hotel parking charge, and I guess California/Orange County have a zillion taxes on those things.