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sj - Sep 30, 2026 9:10:04 am PDT #14155 of 14509

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

-t I’m glad everything went well with your mother’s surgery. Lots of recovery ~ma for her.

Debet, ugh that is in the top ten phone calls I dread receiving from school. Good luck.

I skipped over a bunch of posts because my concentration levels are shit right now, but as always tons of ~ma and love to those who need it.

Things are going well here. ltc seems to be enjoying 5th grade. We’ve had excellent luck with the teachers at her school over the years, and I hope that will extend to middle school next year.

-t - Sep 30, 2026 9:11:28 am PDT #14156 of 14509

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, Debet, I missed your post. I'm sorry, that is such a drag for everyone!

Dana - Sep 30, 2026 9:46:54 am PDT #14157 of 14509

I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

You can also alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen every three hours. (IANAD)

-t - Sep 30, 2026 10:02:55 am PDT #14158 of 14509

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

They actually advised us of that, too, but I forgot. Thanks for the reminder!

meara - Sep 30, 2026 10:31:56 am PDT #14159 of 14509

Ugh I hate when I gear up to do the onerous task and then it fails. I called the doctors office to make an appointment for vaccines and they were like “oh we are out, we may get more tomorrow so call back next week”. I was like “…can I call Friday if you’re getting more tomorrow?” And she was like well yeah. wtf. I’m not trying to make an appointment for today.

DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 10:43:50 am PDT #14160 of 14509

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ugh I hate when I gear up to do the onerous task and then it fails. I called the doctors office to make an appointment for vaccines and they were like “oh we are out, we may get more tomorrow so call back next week”. I was like “…can I call Friday if you’re getting more tomorrow?” And she was like well yeah. wtf. I’m not trying to make an appointment for today.

That is the nice thing about OneMedical - I can drop-in anytime without an appointment (to any office) to get vaccines or blood draws.

Oofdah, I've got a Zoom call with my financial advisor and my accountant in 20 minutes and it's going to be very complicated. I've got frickin' notes everywhere.

Bonus: the big IRA JZ inherited from her dad, which came to me has Required Minimum Distributions and I haven't been taking them because (a) I wasn't 65 yet and didn't know I had to; and (b) there are big IRS penalties for not doing so. So...probably kinda fucked on that one.

-t - Sep 30, 2026 11:25:37 am PDT #14161 of 14509

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My mom has that on what she refers to as her pension (which I think she inherited from her dad). She doesn't include those in her budget, just uses them for unexpected expenses or gifts and it's worked out well for her so far. Hopefully you can catch up or something.

DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 12:36:45 pm PDT #14162 of 14509

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hopefully you can catch up or something.

Apparently the tax code was ambiguous and kinda FUBAR in '24 and '25 so the IRS issued a bunch of waivers on this issue. So I should be able to take care of it without penalty.

Note to everyone: If you inherit an IRA from someone else you have to empty it in 10 years! And at a certain point you need to start taking Required Minimum Distributions whether you're ready or not.

-t - Sep 30, 2026 12:42:56 pm PDT #14163 of 14509

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am pretty sure you can roll it over to another IRA and that takes care of it. That's what I did with DH's , like, immediately (it was done for me, I'm pretty sure, automagically) and then I didn't even look at it for longer than 10 years and heard something about this and panicked but when I checked on it it was apparently fine.

DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 1:06:43 pm PDT #14164 of 14509

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Grown up question I had to ask that would have been pure gibberish to me a few years ago:

What's the minimum portfolio drop that would trigger a SBL call?

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