We have tried to keep this to ourselves but we can't and have decided to inform everyone of the news because we want everyone to share in our excitement.
We have retired. I am finishing out the month at Carter Electronics Service Co., Inc and turning in my keys and LA is informing ARHS that she will not be returning. After opening countless pieces of mail and tearing up countless pieces of mail, we opened an envelope on Monday that set the course for our future. I know you are thinking we won the lottery or Publishing Clearing House or an internet email scam actually paid out the millions promised but it is nothing of the such. We received this check from GAP.
It was enough to put our retirement accounts over the top and put us on easy street for the remainder of our lives. (DW for your faithfulness I have a small gift for you.) I am hopeful to maybe get a part time job over at a certain to be unnamed locally owned lumber company in town. Don't worry about me being over qualified or worried about a hostile takeover with my retirement windfall. Trust me, once you've moved into 301 Easy Street you aren't looking to move and I am not looking for any added responsibility, just show me where the 2x4's are.
Okay, so we weren't really lucky enough to retire today. If I carefully invest the $.86 and work for 22 more years maybe I might be lucky enough to retire. I personally think it is a little ridiculous for GAP to send out a check for less than $10.00. When you take in the cost of the check, stamp and the labor (computer operator, printer...etc) is is really worth it. A better idea would have been to send an email and ask if I and all the other people with inactive accounts with credit balances would agree to donate the money to charity and write one large check to the charity - like cancer research. I would have done that without thinking. It's just a thought.
So what are we going to do with the $.86, I am taking the check to the bank and cashing it and putting it equally in Aubrey and Wyatt's piggy banks.
PS - As an update to this breaking story. I have decided against the piggy banks and we are going to bury it in two mason jars somewhere in town and leave a map hidden in the house for the next owner or someone a couple of generations later to find. They will be able to go on a treasure hunt. That will be exciting for them...might be a little disappointed with the treasure but the thrill of spending time finding it will create memories and we all know those are priceless.
I took the check to the bank and deposited it in the ATM which now scans all your checks and does the math to figure out your total deposit, if you have multiple checks. The ATM scanned the check and brought the check up to confirm the deposit amount because it couldn't figure out how much the check was for - translated - the ATM wasn't programmed to recognize a check for less than a dollar. The ATM basically told me "Really...$.86" and I told it - "Yep, $.86 believe it".
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