Nothing much major is happening. I told Dom about his being served. It ended up he had received other notices as well so it wasn't much of a surprise. We went to his health portal billing section and saw that he had some bills that were listed as being sent to the debt collectors. The total amount was less than half of what the debt collector said he owed and traced back to 2024. A part of me was wondering if the debt collection is older debt maybe from 2023 and earlier. Who knows?
We decided to pay (well I used my charge card) a portion of the debt. I will pay another portion next month. My card debt is depressing me again but I am remaining a cycle ahead for now so as long as I pay the statement balance at least I will avoid paying interest.
We're also deciding to chance not going to court. As I alluded to before Dom is not working anymore and doesn't plan to. So odds are they won't be able to garnish any wages since there are none. Also Indiana is not a community property state so they can't sue me for it. The worse they can do is freeze our joint account and his personal account. But he barely has any money in that account and I only keep it afloat to avoid overdraft on the mortgage. Since our mortgage is tied to the same bank, I will go with the plan to open a separate savings account in my name only so I can continue to pay the mortgage easily.
On the bright side, my long suffering stock Blackberry has finally started making some strides. The price started rising from $3.50 to well over $5 starting on April 9th. I sold 10% of my retirement shares at $5.68. The price has cooled back for a bit and is hovering in the $5.20 - $5.40 range but I'm hoping it'll reach another leg up by the time Q1 2027 closes which should be by end of May. I'm holding my non-retirement shares for a higher price, ideally $10 or higher. I've been in BB stock since May 2020 so it's gonna be six years. So may that'll help me pay off some more of the debt.
As if I need more debt but I purchased theatre tickets for us to see the show Kinky Boots during their Saturday matinee show on June 20th. Dom's birthday is on the 23rd. I still want to get him a popcorn maker that he'll hopefully use instead of my pot. But we recently watched the movie again and it looks like it'll be a fun show. So that's our first summer activity.
We were talking about going to Dollywood but I feel like that may have to wait since we're also talking about remodeling our bedroom and getting a new bed. The bed will be between one to two thousand and the remodel may cost just as much. The bedroom has ceiling panels that are falling off so it definitely needs the remodel.
I'm grateful our cars are hanging on even though Tasha was hinting on wanting my car last Christmas. But I really don't want another car note and don't have enough saved for a down payment just yet. Of course Blackberry may surprise me in 2026 which would help me greatly. We shall see.
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