Roadside Perspective

So we spent yesterday morning with our Tax Guy going through 2009. First let me say, as a guy who was in the remedial math courses in college—and getting Ds mind you—it is great to have a wife who has taken the bull by the horns when it comes to this area. Anyway, last year was a learning experience. Owing thousands of dollars to Uncle Sam was no fun. But yesterday morning, on account of my wife's due diligence, we were pleased to see a bit of a refund....Phew...

Happy smiles and some relief were traveling with us in the Xterra on our way back to our place in the burbs. As we were traveling along at a sinful speed on the highway, I heard a little noise in the left rear. As a guy who might tend to ignore this sort of thing and chalk it up to a twig, it wasn't until we'd slowed down to exit that the noise became more pronounced. The "twig" had turned into what sounded like a break rotor, or metal on metal....

We pulled over after exiting. There is this piece of weatherstripping which has on occasion been knocked out of position on the left rear door. I was happy to see this was the case today. A quick repositioning and we were good to go.

So, this begs. What would my perspective have been if this was a high ticket repair.

1. Gosh, just when you think you can catch some sort of financial break, something goes wrong and drops a bomb on it.
2. Thank God, that He's provided this little tax return which can help us pay for said bomb drop.

I pray that I'd choose "2".