Well this semester is almost complete. My last day to turn in all work for grading is tomorrow. It has been such a difficult row to hoe this go around...I am behind and using yesterday and today to work like a mad woman to catch up and try to earn some extra points so I can come away with an A in both of my classes. Wish me luck.
Eve's trip to Chicago was quite a strain on our little family. I am the queen of realism and the ability to look at all sides of a problem. Well, when we heard of Uncle Marty's funeral plans I immediately started looking for a plane ticket for Eve...Leave on the red-eye on Saturday morning and return on the 11pm flight on Saturday night...no lost wages, still a day to recuperate before work on Monday...Eve felt the trip was too quick even though the ticket was only 278.00. So...I looked for a flight leaving at 6pm on Friday and returning at 9am on Sunday..just a little more - 433.00 still reasonable since I was sure she could share a hotel room with someone upon arrival. Still, Eve can be very resistant to things that don't make sense to her. Instead of flying, she decided to drive up with her Mom, Dad, and Uncle Mark. So..112.00 for her part of the accommodations; 50.00 in food for the weekend; 360.00 in lost wages (three days off from work); 200.00 for vehicle disaster on the road (had to be towed by Pat and Mark back to Kingwood; 475.00 for said vehicle repairs. Now...the vehicle costs would have occurred whether Eve went to Chicago or not, but the cost to get the vehicle home would have zero, zip, nada...just the repair would have been necessary (by the way, we're having to replace the engine control module - the brain of the car and a couple of power steering lines). So Eve's trip cost us a little over 700.00 plus the additional 475.00 in vehicle repairs...WHEW...that's a lot of money! Can I get a big, "I told you so" hehehehehe
Not all bad, though. For the first time in a very long time, Eve and I are the recipients of a reimbursement from the bank over a disputed charge to the account. The original charge cost us a few overdraft fees. After we made the complain about 3 months ago, and the money wasn't returned, we just figured we weren't going to get any resolution and sucked up the loss. Well, the day before yesterday the bank returned ALL of the money in dispute, and ALL bank charges and fees that occurred since the charge. It's more than I or Eve expected. Weeehooo...783.00 returned to our account at a time when we REALLY need the money!!!!!
All I can say is WHEW..10 days between classes...money is back on track...work is going well...Mini Vacay for Emmy's birthday third weekend in October (we're both taking off early on Friday and I am taking off on Saturday that weekend).
