Am I Piecing, or Pi$$ing in the wind???

[Clyde]

You selling your bike broke my heart man! You just sold a piece of you.

Thanks Maika,

To clarify I have not sold the second "downgrade" bike as of yet, it has been on Craig's list for the past two weeks, waiting for a new home.

I actually took it off Craig's list this a.m... came up w/ a new plan for the time being. The W's truck ended up being a total loss, the ins company will not even give us the option to fix it. Rather than take the full amount they are offering and getting another truck, I'm going to buy the truck back from them w/ a salvage title. That still leaves a good chunk of $ left over, I'm going to have any safety issues fixed on the truck and leave the rest for now. I will use the rest of the money to bring our bills current.

This is going to drive the W crazy, she is the type that washes/cleans her truck weekly, if she has to drive it around with the dents/damage it is really gonna bother her.

I mentioned it last night, to my surprise she did not contest the idea, however upon reflection after the talk I do not know if I was clear enough on what we were going to do w/ the left over money. I told her what the ins company offered, showed her that it was not enough to replace her truck w/ a comparable truck in the same shape hers was (hers was pristine) with out putting cash out of pocket. I told her let's do the minimum to get it safely back on the road for now, when we can afford it, we will look into replacing it, or having the body work done.

Like I said to my surprise she did not contest the idea, maybe she needs time to think it over, or maybe she thinks I'm going to do as I always have in the past... In the past I would of taken the opportunity to upgrade, I would of stashed that cash and added to it until I could afford something nicer for her. Sounds crazy that she would think that given our financial sitch, but I do not put anything past her.

So now I need to decide if I should clarify what we are going to do w/ the money or just go ahead and do it.