Cha-CHING!
The tuition reimbursement came in last week. Very exciting stuff. I would turn it around to pay the credit card down, but there’s funky stuff going on with my dental bills. I’m holding on to most of it in savings for the moment, but using a chunk of it to pay off a dental expense that my insurance refuses to cover.
Due to some weird billing with the insurance, the very expensive surgery I had in March may not be fully covered. I have an appointment this week and I will be querying the surgeon’s office about it. The last time they looked, they said that they hadn’t attempted to get paid by the dental insurer.
Since my ‘emergency fund’ is down to the very last of the CD’s I’ve been holding, I socked away about $2K to build it back up. I will actually end up using that money to pay for the permanent crowns which are about $900 a piece, but at least I’ll make some interest in the mean time. They won’t go in for a few more months yet. (And I KNEW I would burn through my emergency fund if I didn’t lock some of it up in CD’s!)
I have to remember that I’m not suffering. I’m doing ok. Really. I am.
At least August is a three paycheck month. I’ll be able to throw some more money at my credit cards then. I hope.
Msminiducky wrote:
Your debt-o-meter is looking gratifyingly low, though! (At least, if I’m reading that right …. is that debt to be paid or … debt that’s paid down?) Oy, sorry I’ve got to go nurse a headache now.
Posted on 09-Jul-07 at 5:30 pm | Permalink
Single Ma wrote:
Darn dentist. Why oh why must they be so expensive? I have quite a bit of work that needs to be done but I’m so not looking forward to it. My fam keeps telling me, the longer I put it off, the more painful and expensive it’ll be. Geez!
And umm, how are you going to end this sentence…
“At least August is a three paycheck month. I’ll be able to throw some more money at my credit cards then.”
with…”I hope.”
You need to do better than that! LOL
Posted on 09-Jul-07 at 8:28 pm | Permalink
Dennis wrote:
gosh, unexpected expenses really suck!
Posted on 09-Jul-07 at 10:58 pm | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
Ms. Miniducky - It’s low because I’ve only paid off 8%. After August though, I’ll be able to move it up to about 11%
Single Ma - YOU NEED TO CALL THE DENTIST TODAY. No lie. Your family is right on this one. Don’t have to learn the lesson the hard way. It will hurt a lot more! As far as the other stuff, I have this dread feeling that I’ve done something wrong with the planned expenses so I am “hopeful” rather than “determined”. I am going on vacation for 10 days at the end of August with no computer access, so I have this dread feeling like everything will blow up while I am gone.
Dennis - They sure do!
Posted on 10-Jul-07 at 7:51 am | Permalink
TF Miser wrote:
Anyone wanting to save on dental bills should check with their local dental school. I had six fillings last week for a total of $314. My oral surgery to remove all four wisdom teeth was only $843. That is without any insurance. With insurance the cost would have been even less.
Posted on 10-Jul-07 at 6:26 pm | Permalink