Richard’s Personal Blog

The last 30 days have been unusually interesting, and quite expensive:

• Our family was trapped in Mexico for an extra three days due to tropical storm Julio. ($1,050)
• One of the family cars had an almost total meltdown. ($3,200)
• The network server hard drives filled up, requiring extensive upgrade. ($1,014)
• One of the laptops was infected with several viruses. An hour or so later, the network hub died. Coincidence? ($325)
• I took a trip to the local Urgent Care facility due to moderate chest pain. ($15)
• Then there’s the subsequent ambulance ride. (unknown, but probably high)
• The rest of the day in the emergency room. (unknown, but undoubtedly insanely high)
• Dinner at Outback Steakhouse to celebrate my “release”. (priceless at only $86)

Total (so far): $5,690. And, of course, that does not include all the normal stuff — mortgage, gas, utilities, regular bills, school clothes, etc. It is so dámn hard to keep up with all these never-ending crises.

I’m pretty much fine, or as “fine” as I usually am. Yes, I have a series of cardiac tests scheduled starting next week, but I doubt anything serious will be discovered. Beginning to think that my priorities are off a bit.

I will update the costs above after I get the bills.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 10:29 am and is filed under Uncategorized.