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Through an odd confluence of events including Spending Less This Year Than We Made, a Longevity Bonus received and a recent $2,000 Christmas gift from my father-in-law, with whom we would normally be visiting this time of year, our checking account balance topped the $35,000 mark when I rolled out of bed this morning, logged onto my laptop since I am working from home, and logged into our checking account.
Four quick things about this:
First, this amount will be dramatically reduced, and in relatively short order. Without boring you to death with every detail, I will be paying our normal slew of bills around the first of January including our mortgage payment being automatically withdrawn, our car lease payment, one of my wife’s credit cards, and some utility bills.
Also, as a democratic family, I will be transferring $500 to each of our two children later today, splitting up the Christmas gift equally. I will most likely transfer the $1,000 portion that is for me and my wife into savings for future airfare when we do feel safe to travel once again.
I happened across a post on my Twitter feed from A Purple Life this morning, who somehow has made it through the…
