Dang, JZ. Now I have warm nostalgic feelings about the house! Yes, all the loss from fires in recent years is heartbreaking. My mom used to have a hurricane box that she would pack up before she would leave for NY for the summer. She would let people know that if a hurricane was coming grab the box.
Uplifting election news. Received my usual newsletter from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. It was filled with their Back to School news concerning education and registration projects for the school system. Yes, the Blue counties of Florida doing all they can to get people registered and voting. It takes some work to thwart the GOP leadership in the state but it is good to see my county doing what they can. I expect Broward is as well.
Huh. The minimum payment on my student loan has tripled. I wonder what that's about.
then Thursday visiting Watkins Glen [link] on the way back.
On my bucket list.
My sister and her family have been under mandatory evacuation from the fire in South Lake Tahoe. So far they are safe. It’ll be sad if they lose the house but at least they will be alive.
JZ I get that. That's happened to some of the beach cottages at "my beach". One got torn down becasue it was too small (it legit was ) and got rebuilt into an ugly soul less monster house that spends most of it's time being an AirBnB type thing.
I'm sorry for your sister's family, Cass. Glad they are safe, but needing to evacuate is pretty rough all on it's own.
Do You Qualify For $8.7 Billion Of Student Loan Forgiveness?
Signs point to no. Presumably some forbearance or temporary relief has expired that I forgot about. Fortunately I was super frugal all August and can pay the extra without too much difficulty but as an ongoing expense this is gonna suck. I would really like for "Payday" to not be "Pay bills and cry day"
The COVID student loan payment freeze ends at the end of January. I need to update my IBR info. Just 5 more years till my PSLF.
My family never had vacation homes (unless you count one uncle's cabin at Lake Norfork that was like something out of an Evil Dead movie, so no fond memories there!) But I am glad that my grandmother's old house is being fixed up by the current residents. That's the home I'm nostalgic about more than any of the ones I ever lived in, so it's nice to think that new generations of kids will have a chance to climb its trees and wonder what the cistern is for.
Timelies all!
Mr. S went back to school today. He was excited to go, which is nice.
Sheryl, I hope Mr S has a wonderful school year.
ltc met her kindergarten teacher today, and her first full day of school is tomorrow. I'm interested to see how she handles a 6+ hour day for the first time.
