Radio Silence

I’m sort of back… and I can’t say I’m sorry for the radio silence. It came as a result of several different things: busy lives, the holidays, and (mostly) because my dad passed. It’s been a difficult and trying couple of months.

Our debt has been pretty stagnant the last two months and probably increased. I am currently burying my head in the sand when it comes to the numbers. I have paid minimum payments, but that’s about all I can say. Nothing has been paid late. We have continued to donate to our church, and our kids are fed. Right now, those things feel like winning.

I settled a couple of smaller debts that we owed. They were both small, one was very recent and one was from a year and a half ago. The new debt was for something we are sending our kids to, a live show in San Francisco. The older debt was actually from my trip to Japan and has just been hanging over my head waiting to be calculated out. There was some “I owe you, you owe me” that needed to be figured. I did that this past weekend and it felt good to get rid of that.

In other news, with both our kids in high school, it is an expensive time to be a parent. They both attended their Winter Ball last month and it was costly. The Boy went with a date and The Girl is going with friends. We had to buy tickets, and corsages, and dinner, and a dress. You get the point. To top it off, The Boy was invited to another school’s Winter Ball, too. We are definitely entering into the most expensive time in their lives. I hope we survive.

Our refinance, which was supposed to be quick and painless, is still not finished. It’s been over 2 months. We thought staying with the same company would be easier but it hasn’t been. I guess once they get you on the hook for a refinance, they don’t care how long you dangle. And dangle we have! At this point, I will be happy when it is finally finished.

That’s about it for our update… I will write another post when I have time… or inclination!