Woke up at my normal time this morning when I get a text from my boss that systems were down and not to come in until noon. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay late due to DS2 so I am down another 5 hours of pay that wasn’t budgeted for. UPDATED: Just got a message for co-worker that they are going to pay us for missed time. YAY!
DW and I both decreased our tax withholding on our paychecks. While it is always nice to get a large check come refund time, we could really use the extra cash now. I am not sure what that is going to look like on our paychecks, but even a little boost will help.
Dave Ramsey has this new site called www.everydollar.com. It is an online budget site similar to Mint. There is a free and pay option. I prefer the free as it doesn’t pull transactions from your bank account. I spent a little time over the past few days updating information. I was able to get all of our income and bills entered but am having problems with updating our debt information. I will play around with it this weekend to see if it meets my needs and will let you know.
Found out some disturbing news last night. Roommate was borrowing our computer and went to log into her email. DD1 had forgotten to log out of her email and Roommate noticed a ton of Craigslist posting. Roommate wouldn’t put it past DD1 to sell our belongings (I am always in denial about how devious DD1 can be) and called DW over the review the postings.
DD1 had stolen our $600.00 HD camcorder, DW’s $300.00 pocket watch and a $100.00 back-up drive which had a ton of personal info. She had $1,000.00 worth of our stuff and was trying to sell it on Craigslist for $225.00. I was sick to my stomach.
We called the place where DD1 is staying and had them wake her up so we could talk. DD1 says she had all our items still and I told her I would pick them up from her after work. DW was livid and told her she better be home to hand over our stuff when I came after work to pick them up. When DD1 asked what would happen if she wasn’t, DW responded that she would call the cops and file theft charges. It was not a pretty conversation.
So I am sitting at home right now, waiting for DS2 to get off the bus to go get the items from DD1. I am not looking forward to it. No amount of training or reading about hurt children can prepare you for these situations. All I know is that buying DD1 that car is out the window. It was a hard sell to DW initially and as of right now DW doesn’t want her on our property let alone purchasing her a vehicle.
Hope you Thursday is going a bit better than mine.
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