Yesterday I decided to work from home for the rest of this week. I decided I am far too emotionally fragile to go into the office this week.

At work, we are allowed 4 work from anywhere weeks during the year, so I am using 1 of them.

It was a HUGE headache and ordeal to get my car towed 22 miles back to my home from where the police towed it. I paid over $500 for my car alone. That includes 2 tows and storage for 5 days.

So, the expense of this vast mistake is costing me over $4000.

A silver lining is that at work, I am paid an annual bonus of 12%, which gets paid out on March 10. This equates to $14,000 or more if we are profitable. That means I can pay off the $4000 come March.

In the meantime, I will have to deal with far higher minimum payments on my cards, and an insurance rate increase when my insurance policy renews.

I will also be attending DUI alcohol/drug awareness classes once per week for 4 months per court order. Luckily, these can be done remotely and around my work schedule.

At least my car is back in my driveway. Thank goodness. It's a relief to see my car again. I felt like a part of me was missing.

No, I will NOT be driving it while my license is revoked.

Oh yeah, it costs $500 to get my license reinstated in 45 days. Another expense.

My state milks you for all your money over a DUI. But it's a serious offense, and here they take it most seriously. I think they try to make the most amount of money they can off of it.

The court waived the $1300 course fee for me. Thank goodness. Otherwise, this would have cost me $5300!