I've been so looking forward to getting the trust fund money and paying off my credit card. Now it seems "life" would like to intervene and make me put that money some place else like, oh I don't know, heating the house. It's hard for me to put into words how frustrated I am right now. I'm now faced with a $3000 bill for having to get the furnace replaced. I'm learning very quickly how much of a slum lord the previous owner of my home was (is). It's beginning to look as if he just did the bare minimum in fixing the major issues of my home before he sold it. I just spend $1000 getting my bathroom back up to working order and now with the recent torrential rains that flooded my basement my furnace has burned itself into oblivion.
I'm trying to remain positive. I have the money to fix it. If it wasn't for my trust money I would really be up shit-creek. I'm getting a new energy efficient (95/5) as opposed to my crap-tastistic archaic 70/30 furnace. The people that are coming tomorrow are going to build the furnace high off the ground so that if we ever get rain like this again, it's unlikely it will ever reach the furnace.
I will still be able to pay a substantial amount toward my credit card. $7000 of it. I won't be getting new tires for Dusty. At least not right away. There are a lot of things that need to be done (oil change, check up) that are going to have to be put on the back burner until the paychecks start coming in on a regular basis. I've taken some extra work at vrs to help get a kick start on making sure the ending balance of the credit card is paid off as soon as financially possible.
I.O.N. My 2 remaining brothers also received their checks. I wonder what happened to John's money? I'm curious if grammy ever left him something or if he was never included in the will. I wonder if with his passing if his money was just swallowed into the bigger picture.
I.O.O.N
I'm going to see the
Peking Acrobats today as my last Christmas gift from Ashley. We've been fighting a lot since finding out that the furnace needs to be replaced. Nothing like a $3k bill to send two people into a whirlwind of emotions. This will hopefully relieve some of the stress that we've both been feeling.
I'm at vrs right now. Trying to get through the last 90 minutes of my shift without getting so irritated that I walk out early. It's so hard for me to be here sometimes now that this is no longer my primary source of income. Thankfully my shifts are only 3 hours long (and never longer if I can help it).