Decided not to post my spending amounts anymore, not that I am spending differently and want to hide it! I just think it will be more meaningful for me to discuss what happened during the month.

Of course it was a crazy month, and just the beginning of a crazy four years, that I don't know how I will endure.

My biggest expenditure was on car insurance, the irony being that I am not driving. However, my son and grandson are using the car and it must be insured. No, I am not going to ask them to pay the insurance. I am glad that they are using the car, keeping it in good shape. It was never their idea, it was my idea. Soon the license issue will be resolved, because for God's sake, how can it go on any longer? I called the DMV the first week of the month, and was told that my application had finally been sent to the medical review committee. This should have happened many months ago. Their incompetence is mind-boggling. But I got a promise -- backed up by a letter -- that I will have an answer in four to six weeks. So there is an end in sight. Maybe. I don't trust them at all.

Other high spending was a $290 medical bill (from my ER visit last April), and $177 for gifts and hosting a Christmas dinner, which turned out to be a New Year's dinner.

Unusually low spending for groceries ($63) and eating out ($6) -- mostly because I had many leftovers from the dinner I hosted, and I used them religiously.

I've been doing some minor home improvements -- I framed and hung some photographs my grandson took of wildlife, and I installed a shelf unit under my bathroom sink. Those amounted to $60.

I attended my other grandson's volleyball tournament in Milwaukee, but that only cost me $18 for the ticket and $6 for coffee. I rode with my son, and he paid for my meal. And it was a great day!

Nothing else really stands out.

February will be a bit spendy, with property tax coming due (semi-annual) and a birthday. Also, I will be traveling out of town for a doctor's appointment, which may involve some Uber-ing. I will take it as it comes.