Debt Dumpers 2022

[limace]

We work 40 mins from home and in the middle of the night. I'm just not comfortable doing that.

Sorry. I misunderstood-thought you were talking about needing to get emergency care/medical care when you are at home with kids and husband is at work.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

We work 40 mins from home and in the middle of the night. I'm just not comfortable doing that.

That would creep me out too.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Sorry. I misunderstood-thought you were talking about needing to get emergency care/medical care when you are at home with kids and husband is at work.

I thought that is what we were talking about too.

 

[Tygerlilly]

I thought that is what we were talking about too.

I may have misunderstood as well. One comment was taking each other to work and then picking them up and then Uber was mentioned and my mind went to ubering to/from work so whoever was home had the car.
Baby hasn't been sleeping well so my brain is fried.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I may have misunderstood as well. One comment was taking each other to work and then picking them up and then Uber was mentioned and my mind went to ubering to/from work so whoever was home had the car.
Baby hasn't been sleeping well so my brain is fried.

 

[Carol_]

I may have misunderstood as well. One comment was taking each other to work and then picking them up and then Uber was mentioned and my mind went to ubering to/from work so whoever was home had the car.
Baby hasn't been sleeping well so my brain is fried.

Get off of here and go to sleep. (If you can.)

 

[Tygerlilly]

Get off of here and go to sleep. (If you can.)

Lol. I was up rocking him when I posted that. It was my work night last night, so hubby took over baby duty and I got a glorious 7 hours of sleep.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I took off this past week so that my niece, who cares for my dad M-F, could be off as well and we sent her and her family to Universal Studios, staying onsite at Royal Pacific for 4 nts with 5 day 3-park tickets. They had an absolute blast and at the end of the trip for a mere $2 pp, they upgraded to APs. They flew home Wed and by Saturday her 7 year old had a fever and tested positive. I am supposed to return to work Tues but I have no one else to stay with him . Bayada requires something like a 6 or 8 week minimum and we're not all that thrilled with having strangers come in his home.

We are scheduled to fly to Miami on Sunday for a short cruise. Fingers and toes crossed that her little guy is the only one who gets covid. As long as he is fever-free for 24 hrs, and no one else gets sick, he could be done quarantining by Thursday but she might as well stay home through the weekend and get there Sunday night. I already told my boss I'll need to apply for FMLA to stay with him this week.

I asked her if she regretted taking this vacation. She said she was sad that they were all able to avoid covid for all this time and they were very careful to mask while indoors and sanitize hands frequently. Her little one who is sick chimed in that he had so much fun and doesn't regret taking the trip at all.

After spending all week with my dad, I have a whole new respect for her. He is hard to deal with and it wears you down after a while. I am so glad we were able to do that for her. She earned every bit of that vacation!

 

[barkley]

I took off this past week so that my niece, who cares for my dad M-F, could be off as well and we sent her and her family to Universal Studios, staying onsite at Royal Pacific for 4 nts with 5 day 3-park tickets. They had an absolute blast and at the end of the trip for a mere $2 pp, they upgraded to APs. They flew home Wed and by Saturday her 7 year old had a fever and tested positive. I am supposed to return to work Tues but I have no one else to stay with him . Bayada requires something like a 6 or 8 week minimum and we're not all that thrilled with having strangers come in his home.

We are scheduled to fly to Miami on Sunday for a short cruise. Fingers and toes crossed that her little guy is the only one who gets covid. As long as he is fever-free for 24 hrs, and no one else gets sick, he could be done quarantining by Thursday but she might as well stay home through the weekend and get there Sunday night. I already told my boss I'll need to apply for FMLA to stay with him this week.

I asked her if she regretted taking this vacation. She said she was sad that they were all able to avoid covid for all this time and they were very careful to mask while indoors and sanitize hands frequently. Her little one who is sick chimed in that he had so much fun and doesn't regret taking the trip at all.

After spending all week with my dad, I have a whole new respect for her. He is hard to deal with and it wears you down after a while. I am so glad we were able to do that for her. She earned every bit of that vacation!

even if they don't get fevers have them test. we were unknowingly exposed 2 weeks ago today. only 1 of us got the fever issues and that showed for one day, totally disappeared the next only to return with a vengeance day 3 (it has been on and off for 2 weeks now). the rest of us came down with it 4-6 days later full force (bad body aches, exhaustion, sore throats, horrible coughs, days of headaches, exhaustion like i've never experienced-sleeping 18-20 hours per day). yesterday i got lightheaded just standing at the counter making a meatloaf-today is the first day i don't feel like my brain is totally compromised.

i don't know if it's a new variant but we assumed from everyone we've known/heard of that got it that there would be some initial symptoms-nope, it hit hard and fast.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

even if they don't get fevers have them test. we were unknowingly exposed 2 weeks ago today. only 1 of us got the fever issues and that showed for one day, totally disappeared the next only to return with a vengeance day 3 (it has been on and off for 2 weeks now). the rest of us came down with it 4-6 days later full force (bad body aches, exhaustion, sore throats, horrible coughs, days of headaches, exhaustion like i've never experienced-sleeping 18-20 hours per day). yesterday i got lightheaded just standing at the counter making a meatloaf-today is the first day i don't feel like my brain is totally compromised.

i don't know if it's a new variant but we assumed from everyone we've known/heard of that got it that there would be some initial symptoms-nope, it hit hard and fast.

Sorry to hear that. I hope you’re all feeling better soon.
The rest have all been testing daily. None of them are vaxxed but he is young so I’m hopeful he can recover quickly. It is what it is. Just have to wait and see.

 

[barkley]

Sorry to hear that. I hope you’re all feeling better soon.
The rest have all been testing daily. None of them are vaxxed but he is young so I’m hopeful he can recover quickly. It is what it is. Just have to wait and see.

all of us are vaxxed and when family member #1 first got ill (and we thought at that point maybe strep b/c of manner it came on/symptoms) we upped our already (per most people) distancing/sanitizing/masking in proximity to #1 but apparently it was too late b/c people are most contagious before they show symptoms. doctor said that by the time #1 showed a symptom we had been exposed, were coming down with it and likely beginning to expose others

i told dh if he thinks i was overboard about sticking close to home before he hasn't seen anything yet-now that i've experienced what a 'mild/vaxxed case' is like there's no way i'm chancing getting it again.

 

[bks135]

I just found this thread and am impressed at the 2022 goals that were shared and the encouragement. I plan to do this for 2023. I guess that can be my 2022 goal. LOL

 

[pblack]

I just found this thread and am impressed at the 2022 goals that were shared and the encouragement. I plan to do this for 2023. I guess that can be my 2022 goal. LOL

No need to wait until 2023, we still have 4 months left of 2022! Welcome!

 

[bks135]

No need to wait until 2023, we still have 4 months left of 2022! Welcome!

That's true! I've been thinking about it and here are some goals to accomplish by the end of 2022:

Focus on paying down debt.
Walk 7,000 steps every day.
Cut back on drinking soda to just one can a day.

 

[barkley]

I just found this thread and am impressed at the 2022 goals that were shared and the encouragement. I plan to do this for 2023. I guess that can be my 2022 goal. LOL

No need to wait until 2023, we still have 4 months left of 2022! Welcome!

absolutely!!!! esp. if one of the goals you set is to establish a holiday savings account b/c many of us go from november to october on these (you have the money for 2022 available 10/31 for use, you start saving for 2023 beginning the following month).

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

That's true! I've been thinking about it and here are some goals to accomplish by the end of 2022:

Focus on paying down debt.
Walk 7,000 steps every day.
Cut back on drinking soda to just one can a day.

Like the others said, why wait around for months? Dig in, honey!
A journey of 1000 miles begins with one step.

 

[Eureka]

Hi all, just caught up on the last couple pages of posts and looks like mostly all is well for you all. We’ve sent the boys back to college after buying them furniture (off campus house), paid this semester’s tuitions and got our summer vacation and car repairs paid off. Next up, DH and I will be taking a 25th anniversary trip in October (our anniversary was a few weeks ago, wanted to get the kids back to school etc.). We’ll be spending a few days in Asheville, NC. We already bought our Biltmore tickets and made hotel reservations, all of which is pretty pricey. We’ve never been there, so we’re excited about wandering around and seeing what‘s there. There’s a cafe that does chocolate tastings, so we may do that but if anyone has gone, please let me know what you like to do and eat there.

 

[piglet1979]

I did draw the line at horseback riding lessons!

DD does Horse back riding lessons and has started to show too. This is so expensive but she loves it. I also completely understand the back to school sucking up all of your money. It is like never ending right now. Sports fees, sports and school pictures, spirit wear, school fees, homecoming. It just never ends.

Health wise things were not great. I'm heavier than I have ever been in my life. Like, heavier than when I delivered my last baby! And ten pounds of that was baby! I'm pretty depressed about it since a bunch of it happened in like the last year and last summer I was SO good about walking/running, I was doing at least 5 miles a day! And this year has just been so busy I haven't done anything. I need something in my brain to flip so I start prioritizing this.

I am 30 pounds heavier then I was at my heaviest point being pregnant. I was down 10 pounds last summer but with DD being so sick last year and all of my worrying I gained that 10 back plus maybe like 5 pounds. I am trying to get back into the work outs I was doing then but I have been too busy with DD appointments and kid activities. Hang in there it will get better.

 

[piglet1979]

Sorry I have been gone for awhile. Though I have still been reading the tread. We have not been able to save anything lately. So many school fees or activity fees as well a lot of medical bills. DD was really sick last year and now that we have her good I am having issues. We will have our one house loan paid off this month. We did an 80/20 loan when we bought the house and the 20% loan is what will be paid off. This is such a great feeling. I know we still have the bigger one but just getting rid of one is awesome. We will be able to save that money or put it towards the bigger loan (we already pay more each month on this one) to pay that off quicker.

So we have some small steps forward but other then that we are just hanging in there for now.

 

[Shanna-like-Banana]

I'm excited to share that we were able to reach our savings goal for our Hawaii trip in June.
And my car will be totally paid off in November.....but.....I decided to go to grad school, so that will just roll over to tuition

I had bone surgery in July and I am just now getting back to having 5-6 good hours a day to do school and housework. It's been a long recovery, but I'm looking forward to being able to fully walk on my own between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Some of our budget goals fell to the wayside, like ordering take-out, but I am not going to fret about a single dime because I was just trying to get through each day