I'm pretty technical about some things. My checkbook is one of them. I balance it at least every two weeks and make sure it is reconciled. I have a certain system for how I keep track of all our money. I've used computer programs, the kind that tell you where your money is going and all that, but they never do exactly what I want, so back to my notebook I go.
The only problem with this is that I seem to have a small problem doing math. Actually, sometimes it's a big problem. Even when I use a calculator and pay close attention, I inevitably make simple math errors. Seriously, like at least once a month.
My latest error was last payday, two weeks ago. I was so excited to pay someone who had just done something for us. It had only been a week and a half, but it was a significant amount and it meant we owed someone money, which I hate. So when I balanced the checkbook and paid the bills last payday, I was bummed to find that we were still $200 short of paying them. Drat. Kris was level headed and told me to relax. In two weeks we'd have it, no big deal. It's true, payday was today, and we had plenty to cover it.
When I reconciled the checkbook today though, it came up $1000 off. It didn't take long for me to find the error. At one point two weeks ago I was supposed to subtract $180 and apparently I subtracted $1180. So all along I had an extra $1000 just sitting there! Not a bad problem to have really, but I couldn't believe we had the money for two weeks and didn't realize it!
At least it was an error to our benefit, they aren't always.
There was that one time when I apparently made up a $500 deposit that didn't actually exist. But I'll save that story for another day.
Maybe.
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