Thank you to everyone who expressed condolences for my 19 year old cousin who passed away.
Unfortunately more tragedy struck this morning. My 44 year old cousin was driving a highway around 5am this morning and was in a multi-car accident. She died instantly. It was icy here in Maryland overnight last night so they think she probably slid and lost control of the vehicle. She is leaving behind 3 daughters, age 21, 12 and 11. It still doesn't feel real that we lost Joshua (the 19 year old), and now we are trying to process losing Kristy too.
In a debt dumping note, I didn't feel like eating dinner tonight with all the stress and sadness lately, so my DH convinced me we should go out to a semi-expensive restaurant we love to help get my mind off everything. Technically we have the money for it, just means less toward debt this month. It did help some though with distracting me, so I'm saying it was worth it. And while they are semi-expensive, the portions are huge so we brought home enough leftovers for at least 1 more meal each, if not more.