A giant bachelorette party co-hosted by Vortex and Matt sounds BRILLIANT. As long as erika attends and gets a lapdance.

she gets the first one. Of course, there will be multiple strippers, so she gets first pick.

I don't know. I just wish I could go back in time and undo every stupid financial decision and frivolous purchase we've made in the past 8 years so we wouldn't be in this idiotic bind. We make too much money to be this poor.

Don't beat yourself up over it, the past is past. If y'all are worried about a market downturn in the next few years you could look at a 401k loan (after the rolling over settles down) at a longer term to pay off some shorter term debt. If the market does downturn, you are buying stock low with your loan payments and your 401k is earning interest at your loan's interest rate. The downside are fees (although this should be very little compared to saved interest), opportunity cost if the market goes gangbusters after taking out the loan, and tax consequences in the event of job loss (depends on the plan, this may not be an issue) or loan default. The upside is that you are paying interest to yourself and you might be able to restructure to lower payments over a longer term for some of your debts and better attack other debt where the interest isn't going to yourself. Just a thought.

Edit: Or what Zenkitty said.

Oh goodness. I am bemused and terrified at the notion of what sort of trouble you people would arrange for us.

It would RULE. C'mon, you know it would!

It would so TOTALLY rule. Let's do it!

I don't know. I just wish I could go back in time and undo every stupid financial decision and frivolous purchase we've made in the past 8 years so we wouldn't be in this idiotic bind. We make too much money to be this poor.

don't I know it. If I could go back in time and tell myself not to rack up the credit card debt (for which I have almost nothing to show for it), I would. Even if I could say "switch your credit card to one that you have to pay off every month", i'd be happy.

Speaking of insanely hot. I just got back from getting lunch. I am soaked. I have a garden salad and have not even bothered with dressing, for lo the cucumbers and tomatoes are soothing my internal temp.

Really, no one in Texas should have to leave their airconditioned homes today.

I hate that. I go out to get lunch, and unless i get something damn near frozen, I don't feel like eating it when I get back

Thus the salad and veggies. It's the only thing light enough and with enough hydration for me to stomach. Yesterday I made the mistake of a turkey sandwich.

We're not really friends any more, JZ. Yeah, I can believe that about Phoenix and, yes, it does feel like the surface of the sun, even more than usual this year.(monsoon was a bit too short. Hope it comes back again.) I'm tempted to go to the legislature quoting Hank Hill: "It's already one hundred degrees in the summer in Texas, Dale. If it gets one degree hotter, I'm kicking your ass." (With, like, Speaker Weiers standing in for Dale, and Arizona for Texas)

waits for Pete to wander through the thread and start being unnerved.

You rang?

And yes, yes I am.

And yes, yes I am.

Still adorable though.

Sparky1 had a good wedding, at least from a guest perspective, and I don't remember her wanting to kill her DH.