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Well another month has flown by. Pretty soon it will be boiling hot out here, but with a lot of luck I’ll have AC in my car by then. We’ll see. I still need to get the quote from my mechanic.

Although I just realized that I only have about $60 in my checking account til next payday, so hm. I better get busy making a little more money. (Of course I have money in savings, but I don’t want to use that.)

Speaking of money, I was expecting my net worth update for April to be dismal due to what seemed like a huge tax bill that I paid, but it wasn’t.

It’s actually soooo much better than I’d expected (even though it is down a little) thanks to the stock market finally doing something positive. What a relief.

Here are the results:

Assets: Down $899.75
Liabilities: Down $456.45
Change in net worth over previous month: Down $443.30

Of course, spending was another matter entirely. (Thanks to the aforementioned tax bill.) I didn’t even want to look at those numbers, but it turned out the majority of my spending was pretty normal (in the $2k range for the month) with the exception of taxes.

So, oh well. I suppose every April will be like this. There are worse things!

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