inheritance from an unexpected source

The Social Security Administration says it owed Mom some money, so it sent my sisters and me each a check for five hundred and some dollars. I don't have any plans to spend it immediately, but it's definitely nice to have. What's odd is that I got SSA's letter of explanation, but Good Sister hadn't as of yesterday. She found out through me.

Speaking of money, I found out the other day that I paid just shy of $42K in mortgage interest last year. Most of that is tax-deductible. Maybe I'll be able to use the refund to pay off the sewer connection charge, which by the way is an example of how it's expensive to be poor: if you pay it off in one lump sum, you save $1000.

Good Goddess, I sound like a pod person. I promise to return to queer dating and kink ASAP.