claimed unclaimed

last november, i got an email from one of my aunts. she wrote that, while she was searching for familiar names on the “missing money” website, she saw my name listed. thought i might want to check it out. and i did. it was through the arizona department of revenue. they wanted proof that i had lived at the address they had on record before they would consider me as the remittee. in late january, i sent all the info they requested. in late march, they said they were mulling it over. and yesterday i got a check for a little better than $600. not bad, not bad. i was expecting more like a fifth of that.

goes to show you, if your name is on the internet somewhere that you weren’t aware it was listed, you really should look into the reasons why.

now, the problem i am having is whether to be extra good with the unexpected cash and pay some bills (medical ones that we have in collection) – or should i be a good parent and pay back the money we’ve “borrowed” from our daughter’s savings account – or should i be naughty and buy myself a new digital camera and a pda for my husband?

*sigh* what would karma want me to do?

EDIT: Yeah, I got the camera.

~ by listendeeply on May 28, 2008.