Day 230: Gasoline, Urgent Care, & Deck Repair Finale

Posted on | April 18, 2008 |

Total Spent Today:  $1,065.03 

Costco Gas — $65.03
I tanked up The Tank today.  I haven’t had to do that for over a month because I’ve been driving my mom’s car.  Sure, I’ve been filling up her tank but her car gets nearly twice the gas mileage that The Tank does.  I pumped 20.202 gallons @ $3.219/gallon.  My odometer reads 121,884 miles.

Urgent Care Center — $75.00
Weeks ago The Daughter suffered yet another sports-related injury.  She asked me to take her to have it x-rayed and I said no.  What kind of mother am I?  I wouldn’t be surprised if Child Services showed up on my doorstep next week.  Yes, I told her to take Arnica and ice it.  She didn’t.  She kept playing and reinjuring it and expecting me to listen to her whining — which I did, though not will a full dose of compassion.  Anyway, as you can guess, the injury hasn’t healed.  It still hurts.  Well, duh.

But you know what, the only other time she’s suffered an injury that I didn’t have checked out?  Her arm was actually broken.  And it took me three days to take her to the doctor.  She was only 6.  I’m still feel guilty about that one.

So I took her to the clinic this afternoon.  It wasn’t broken.  Just badly sprained.  But they put a splint on it, closer to a cast than not, and told her no volleyball for at least a week.  So what I really spent $75 on today was the privilge of having an authority figure give The Daughter the same advice I gave her weeks ago — and for free.

Deck Contractor — $925.00
The contractor showed up today and finished repairing and refinishing our back deck.  It looks great.  The project cost me $200 more than originally expected because we ran into a problem with the railing that had been removed by the handyman who tore down my shed.  It was a legitimate change order, and as much as I would have rather not pay any more than the original contract amount, I knew it was necessary.

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