I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!A summons for DH to do jury duty came in the mail today. It is only for a week, but right now we really can't afford to lose a week's income. We are still in recovery from all the unemployment and with the upcoming medical bills we will have for my daughter's surgery and my son's wisdom teeth it is going to be tight enough. If we lose that week of wages we will be struggling really hard. We will try to get him excused based on financial hardship.
I have set up the appointment for the consult and the x-ray for DS's wisdom teeth. The consult is $90 and the x-ray is $96. I also set up for him to get impressions done at the dentist for a mouth guard. He has been grinding his teeth and it is starting to cause some damage and worse, cause pain. The mouth guard will cost around $500. Life without dental is fun, not that dental would pay for much of it anyway. I am not sure how much the wisdom tooth removal will be but I imagine around $1000 to $1500.
DH needs to get our taxes done so we can get our refund and have a little breathing room again. He's been working so much overtime he hasn't had a chance to do it. He's got it half done, he just needs a chunk of time to finish. Hopefully he can get to it this week. This is the first time in years we haven't had our taxes done by early February.
I really need to put my head down and get some writing done. I have kind of been in the wrong head space, but I think I just need to set a goal of 1000 words a day and start churning it out. It doesn't have to be good, but I have to get back into the practice of doing it and then worry about making it good. Writer's block can be such a bear.
Ugh, We Don't Need This
March 28th, 2018 at 03:17 am
March 28th, 2018 at 11:05 am 1522235121
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March 28th, 2018 at 01:17 pm 1522243067
The judge made a point that while she didn't ordinarily consider "financial hardship" to be a valid reason for being excused, in my case, at that time, in that economic climate, she felt it was, and she dismissed me from service. I don't think financial hardship is something they'd typically consider but would perhaps in an exceptional case.
March 28th, 2018 at 02:29 pm 1522247396
March 29th, 2018 at 07:14 pm 1522350854
Check if your health insurance will pay for any of the wisdom teeth removal. I had 3 taken out years ago. Because they were impacted and non erupted, my health and dental insurance kicked in and I wound up paying about $150 out of pocket.
April 1st, 2018 at 07:58 pm 1522612692
Hope you can have insurance help with wisdom teeth removal.