I celebrated with my local son and his family yesterday. On the real Christmas Day, I will open packages mailed to me by my son in Oregon. A few days after New Years Day, I will host a luncheon and gift opening with my ex and his wife, and my local son's family will join in that as well.
Christmas spending has topped $600. I still have gifts to buy for my ex and his wife, but am otherwise done.
I have also spent $730 on my vacation to Oregon. A big chunk of that was the Amtrak ticket. And by the way, I will probably not do Amtrak again. My trip home was delayed by more than six hours, and involved a bus ride in the the middle of the night. Not fun. Not Amtrak's fault, it was due to a freight train derailment. But still. A lot of money for an uncomfortable trip. I did get a $125 voucher for a future trip, but it has to be used on one trip only, with no money back if the ticket is less, so I'm not sure how I'm going to use it.
I have a big auto insurance payment scheduled in January, even though I am not driving. My car is being driven, so it must be insured. If, in fact, I am ultimately denied the restitution of my driver's license, I will dispose of the car and cancel the insurance.
I paid all my medical bills. I still haven't touched my savings, but I expect I will have to in January. That's okay. It's there for times like these.
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