I left work early Friday to take Daisy to the vet.  What I thought was going to be a $200-$300 bill ended up being $700.  Plus we still have to go back next week for her Librela injection and I need to get her some more food.  Going to be one of those months where she is as expensive as rent.  Its going to take me months to pay this off.

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Daisy, my beautiful and wonderful dog, is finally able to be on her own when I am at work.  She has been 'telling' me for some time that she wants to stay home.  I didn't listen because before, anytime I would leave her for more than a few hours she would escape or cause damage to the property. Last Thursday I knew we wouldn't be super busy.  I ( Read more... )

Tomorrow will be mine and Daisy's 10 year anniversary.

On July 4th 2023, if you had asked me to rate my finances, I would have said they were fine.  I didn't know much about finance.  I knew I rarely used my emergency credit card.  I knew from various headlines that x% of Americans had less than $1k saved.  I had $2k, so I thought I was doing ( Read more... )