Monday, January 26, 2009

Gambling

I made either a mistake or an intelligent move today by reviewing my "retirement accounts." Holy smoke these funds are about a third less valuable than they were last year. I guess I knew this but have preferred to keep my head in the sand as the financial pundits are telling me to keep throwing money into the stock market -- hang in there, it will all come back!

Now I just feel like some addict. You know the kind that sit at the black jack table and keeps throwing good money in trying to win all he's lost back. If I would have pulled my head out (the sand) 12 months ago I could have spent that money on a new airplane -- now I don't know who has it...

6 comments:

El Frijol said...

I know. I'm kicking myself for not retiring sometime last year.

Seagull Dream said...

oh cannon. you are a hoot.
pap hang in there. except i know nothing about nothing but learn from grandma pete. it's only money. at least you have good family?

Melon said...

Yes, I have good family!

Melon said...

Yes, I have good family!

Ashlie Dalton said...

had to read the grandma pete comment several times to understand :) i thought hay had learned a valuable lesson from grandma pete. still a bit lost on the cannon comment tho.

Ashlie Dalton said...

oh.