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NOT CRANKY

thanks for all your commiseration with my last post. my moods seem to have leveled off a bit -- but i'm keeping an eye on the situation. yuck. the nuclear melt-downs seem to be better, too.

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i am so freaking excited. this is incredibly goofy, i know.

for the first 5 years of our marriage, i was the main breadwinner – college and law school, you know. i felt it was a good investment. it was – and the investment paid off when i was able to be a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years.

when i went back to work 4 years ago, i threw money into every savings plan and life insurance plan my company had to offer. i didn’t care how painful it would be when i got my paycheck. and it was/is. a couple years ago, i took out a little bit from my savings plan and was able to pay for ONE semester of matt’s tuition. it feels good to be able to take care of some big things all on my own. really, really good.

i hadn’t thought about the cash accumulation fund where i was saving some money in my name AND bill’s in the life insurance program. i was paying more attention to the savings plan. a couple weeks agi, i received the statement in the mail. bill said, “what’s this?” yay! a surprise! HE hadn’t noticed either!

today i faxed the forms to the insurance company to take out all the money! i’ll have to pay taxes on it, i know; but *i* am going to buy a “new” (you know what i mean – it’s not new – just new to him) car to replace the “beast.” ME! mom’s a hero! and if there’s enough left over, maybe a tablet pc for bill. shhhh.

Posted by Stacey at April 27, 2004 10:48 AM