Being Adults, Doing Adult Things

After days and days of heavy snow, a warm patch has hit. The sun is out today and it is currently minus 1 and climbing. It would feel like Vancouver except for all the cars down the street that are stuck in the tremendously large snowbanks, spinning their tires at top speeds, sorry they paused at the stop sign at all. It has inspired me to write.

By the end of the week, my Visa will hit a record high of just over $11000. When it rains, it pours (I should use some snow analogy here, but it is too early in the day for my brain to have turned on yet). Our furnace and all new heating system is being put in...so there is half of the debt right there. A necessary evil. It has been so cold living in this house with our 1946, gravity furnace and its octopus arms. Besides the cost, I am thrilled to imagine how much warmer the house is going to be once this replacement is in. And how much smaller our heating bills will be. And the funniest part is that we chose to do the least amount of work at $5800. We could be spending a whole lot more...

Then the elopement decision. Our plan has been completely changed and although I like what we are choosing, it has bumped up our output of money from September of this year to right now. Our plan? We will be having a civil ceremony right here in Moose Jaw, probably in our living room or back at Wakamow park if this warm patch sticks around long enough. It will be done by a marriage commissioner and takes about three minutes. I will ask a couple of family members to be our witnesses and TA DA we will be married. And then, as honeymooners, we are leaving from March 25th - April 8 to go to a stunning resort in Puerto Plata. I found this stupidly good deal on the internet, called my travel agent and asked her if it could be beaten. She took one look at it and flat out told me I would be insane to pass up a chance to go to this particular resort at this price. Usually, this resort costs $500 more for a one week stay than our total is going to be for a two week stay! So, I booked it. Cha-ching goes my Visa.

But like I said, when it rains, it pours. So, a few days ago I went to SGI to change my plates and insurance over on my car only to find out that I had to have it inspected for an evil price. Not having an option, I took it yesterday for inspection only to be told that it had failed and that I would need to bring it in on Monday to have a, b and c fixed and re-inspected before it would pass. After x for the repairs, y for the inspection costs and then z for the insurance I hope to eventually pay at SGI, my Visa bulges some more. Add to that the already existing debt that I was in when I started last week and you have one KJ Konkin, officially drowning.

Yet, I refuse to get panicked. I see money flooding into my life in unexpected ways, helping us to pay our way back to a skinny Visa. I remind myself that we are saving money by not having a full out wedding. That our money savings with the new furnace will pay for the replacement and that we are getting a great grant to cover some of the costs as well. And as spring approaches so does lots more work for us - both of us - and with an increase in our cash flow IN, the cash flow OUT won't feel as unbalanced.

Until then, I will take some walks to enjoy the balmy weather, enjoy planning for my HOT trip ahead, wrap my head around the fact that I will be married in a few weeks and work quietly on my business in the coziness of my newly heated little house. I will appreciate the good and watch it multiple, knowing the universe will always supply me with exactly what I need when I need it.

And, of course, I will accept personal donations. They're my favorite.