Today when I got home with my daughter after work, I decided to check the mail because I was expecting my Old Navy giftcard from Shop It To Me. Instead I had a card from my biological father {which if you are a true reader of my blog or you know me personally, you know the scoop} and a bill from the hospital for my surgery. First of all, let me just say that the pure shock of seeing something from him in the mail threw me for a bit. {He asked if my address was the same on fb like over a month ago I think, and I wasn’t expecting anything} I came in the house in a pretty pissy mood…I already had a lingering headache and it was hot. So I decided to open the hospital bill first…yeah, it didn’t help…it pissed me off more. Now granted, it could be much higher. I just thank the good Lord for giving me the sense enough to choose the best insurance that my company offers back when I first enrolled for benefits. Yeah it’s a pricey plan, and in lala land it would be nice to have that extra money in my check…but for real, it’s one of my best decisions ever. My insurance covered like 90% of the bill, so to me that’s awesome and I’m truly grateful.
Now onto the card. I didn’t do a blog post when he contacted me last…but I did talk about it with my husband of course, and some friends. And I recall saying that unless he’s sending me some money from something or I’m being left something, I’m not interested. I know that may sound harsh, but you get used to hearing the same old story and never seeing the letter or the anything. So I read the card…it was well thought out. Perhaps I get that from him, because I’m very meticulous about the cards that I choose for someone. I read the letter…wasn’t much, was what I expected and telling me that also enclosed was a savings bond left to me from my great great great Grandmother. Now first I thought…ok…thank you for answering my request! Thank you to the Universe for hearing that one! haha Like, money is that last thing I would expect from him. But it’s not from him, it’s my from my grandmother, whom I remember. I remember her and visiting her when I was a child and how cool I thought it was that I had three generations of grandmothers living on my father’s side. Even cooler since I have no grandparents on my mother’s side. They all passed before I was born. It makes me feel very special that she thought to get a savings bond for me.
So it took a long time for it to sink in. The money, not the letter. The letter I will process later, right now I’m thinking about the money. So I come show the letter to DH. He says go cash it now! lol Of course the banks aren’t open, and it’s so darn hot out, I would rather wait until tomorrow anyway. Not that it won’t be blazing hot tomorrow, but you know what I mean. So here’s the plan: My credit union doesn’t open until 8:30 which is when I have to be at work. So I will brave the heat and go during my lunch break and get it cashed and at the same time pay off my car!!! That’s when I really started getting excited, and I am as I’m typing now, when I realized I’m paying my car off tomorrow! I had told my daughter last week about how in so many days mommy’s car was going to be paid off and what that meant as far as money and being able to do more things, etc. So during bathtime I decided to tell her that I got the money from my grandmother {no extra deets} and how that meant that I was going to pay off my car tomorrow. The way her face lit up made me so happy and made it sink in for me.
I’ve had this energy the past few days that something good was gonna happen. Like I’ve just been feeling good aside from the meds and stuff, inside, I ‘ve been feeling good. This morning when I viewed my paycheck that I get Friday, it made me feel good knowing that hey…I have wiggle room. All of these bills will be paid and I will have money to play with. Now I will have even more, which even further lifts the burden, for lack of a better choice of words, of buying the new computer. So I close this long post feeling very good and positive and grateful. This unexpected extra money is just what I needed to get right you know? Unfortunately I looked up online the value of the savings bond, and it has gone down some. It will mature again in November but quite frankly, the way the government is handling things, I think it’s best to get it now even if I didn’t need it. I am so truly thankful for this unexpected blessing! Going to bed tonight all smiles for sure 🙂
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