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  1. Fast food /restaurant prices coupled with "tipping" almost anywhere that isn't a drive through has created enough sustainable rage for me to have eaten at home for lunch 2 straight weeks. Our family hasnt eaten out in a month. I'm saving 200 a week personally and my wife said the grocery bills aren't too much higher since we are eating more at home including leftovers. I've lost weight. I have a ton more energy and have even started working out at lunch. So many positive changes from this and all it took was "sandwich artists" and 40 year high inflation. 

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  2. My wife originally worked for an international bank but didnt have to pay taxes as she wasnt a US citizen. When we moved they kept her on and she worked remotely for the last 7 years but as a 1099. She became a US citizen in that time and went from paying no taxes to paying both employee and employer taxes. Well since covid, her bank has been moving more to remote work and 2 days ago they hired her as a full time employee with all benefits. This has alleviated so much of my stress since my job was our only way to get good medical insurance. Her insurance is now better than mine and she is taking our son and moving him to her bank's insurance plan which frees up 450 dollars a month for me. Together we net +300 a month with the change. She and I spoke again today and it looks like we will be moving to Mexico in about 26 months if our plan holds. We will keep our home here in Dallas and rent it out for a couple years and see how things go. She wants to work until she hits 65 and now there is a better path forward with her work and our family as her work employee contracts are for 5 years at a time. This will allow me to possibly go PRN remote with my job or just quit altogether once we move. I have a renewed sense of excitement about the near future and all the stress of being the primary provider with insurance is now gone. Was a good weekend. 

    On a side note, is corporate housing a real thing? I was looking today and saw some people rent their homes out to companies for their employees. Seems like that would be a better option than interviewing families and dealing with all that shit every 12 months or so.

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  3. All I can think about is how long my wife and I, or really me and any other human being, would have made it out there in a 400 Sq foot cabin. 12 years. Holy shit dude. Talk about finding your soul mate. 

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  4. 6 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

    Potential to be cold as shit (by Texas standards) next Thursday-Saturday. Seeing lows in the high 20's in Houston, low 20's in CenTex. Teens in Dallas. Decent chunk of the state may see prolonged periods 10-20 below freezing and there's potential that millions of Texans will be dealing with snow or freezing rain. 

     

    I'm sure someone will get around to checking the grids on Wednesday to make sure we have enough power to get through this with no issues. 

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