Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Paying my parents back- $500 down, unknown amount to go

I got a $500 money order for my parents today, which I’ll give to them at Thanksgiving. I need to figure out exactly how much I owe my parents. The number can be one of many, since there isn’t a clear distinction how much of my school-related stuff I’m expected to pay them back for.

Paid: Dryer
Gift: Washer and Fridge
Unpaid: $600 loan for car repair (Mom said she’d rather loan us the money than sell us her Camry, because it uses less gas than the Tahoe, but she still doesn’t drive it)
Unpaid: School expenses ($5,000 or so roughly, but Mom’s mumbled noises that she was “helping” me get through school and wasn’t expecting repayment)
Unpaid: $400 or $500 (having trouble remembering now) for a flat-screen television at a day-after-Thanksgiving sale two years ago
Paid: Miscellaneous loans, such as meals or bills that arrived to her house that she paid for me. I’ve done a good job of keeping up on those

So that makes $1,000-$6,000, a big range but I think it’s on the lower end.

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