So, yesterday’s gloom is slightly lifted, yippee…the other insurance company is going to give us the cash value of the Infiniti. It’s still not damaged enough to call it a total so I need to check with Gene as to how this is exactly working. I was super excited until I realized – DUH – that we’d still have to pay off the original loan. Dumbass. So Gene’s dreams of the M35 may not happen, which is fine with me. I loved the G and I would not be upset at all if we ended up with the exact same car again.
But, the gloom n’ doom – the geek store that Gene invested in back in summer 2003 is being sued. I’ve talked about the lawsuit before, so I won’t go into it in detail. But yesterday afternoon, Gene called and asked how much of a loan I could take from my 401k. I named a figure and he asked me to take the loan. It’s the beginnings of the D family Legal Defense Fund. Ugh. Now, the partnership is being sued by one of the partners. I think Gene agrees with the guy that the store just needs to give the eff up and close. You can buy all that D&D garbage on the internet and frankly, I think it’s better if geeks don’t hang out in public anyway. Ick.
Anyway, I have the loan – payments of around $160 per month for the next 5 years. Ick. It’s just about half my 401k. I’ve worked so hard to fund it and now half of it is going to pay for legal defense for something I never really thought he should have invested in to begin with. I wish I would have stuck my ground back when he originally invested.
And there -as my stupid boss says – you have it.
Brandy, I can’t believe you were near here and didn’t tell me. You suck! And email your cell # so I can tell you so on the phone.
Bummer about the geek tragedy…get it, geek tragedy. Tee hee hee. No, that does stink that you are going into your nestegg. But you are still young and sometimes you have to do things for the hubby you would not wish to do. Like co-signing on a 10,000.00 car loan cause your significant other has only been in the country for a year & a half and doesn’t have the score yet to get a decent credit rate. O.k. I’m ranting, we’ll do some group beeyotching later on the phone.
Honey, since you got rid of the aohell email that I knew & loved….I have NO idea what your new address is.
I’ll have to give you a ring later & find out. I know I bite arse for not visiting. But I did drive 13 hours ALONE in the frickin RAIN with my HAZARDS ON for about 3 HOURS (o.k…I’ll stop using caps now) of that trip, at which time I was desperately craving a valium and a rum & coke. But I do sincerely apologize. I thought about stopping for the night on the way back, but I had laura with me and I believe this is the month that you have the boy, so I decided to forgo and speed like a demonbeeyotch all the way home on 2 1/2 hours of sleep. Okely dizokely….This is a public forum and I’m ranting on your blog thingy, so I’ll chat with you later.