Like the good parent I am, I wrote a check out to my child's preschool, with even more satisfaction than usual because it would be THE LAST CHECK EVER!
Too bad they don't have daycare check burning parties like they have mortgage burning parties. I bet what I paid in daycare is more than what "All in the Family"'s Archie and Edith Bunker paid for their mortgage.

I dropped the check in the box outside the administrator's office. "Is this a tuition check for August?" she asked.

"Yes. We're going away on vacation this weekend, so I thought I'd get this done with."

"You paid a deposit already," she said, as she reached into the box, withdrew my envelope and returned it to me.

Great! Because with the $1084 BoA Visa bill (hotel deposits), and the mortgage, and the car insurance, and the $600 in cash spending (parking, gas, laundry), I would otherwise have $24 in my checking account if that daycare check were to be accepted.