Unbelievable!

Seriously, unbelievable. After realizing we were only getting $1500. back on our taxes, I put them aside because, honestly, not having the money in our hands is like the best savings strategy we have. Of course, we're getting closer to tax day and therefore I pulled them out last night to finish it up, print, and send off. As I've mentioned in a previous post, my laptop died, so I had to complete them on another computer. I loaded up the file and my husband's information was not put in as I had already done on the old laptop. Therefore, I had to go find all the paperwork again so I could put the numbers in.

Organization is not one of my strong suits. I had been piling the tax papers up in a bin (with other papers/mail) as things came in and as I entered them into the computer. I went to the bin and started digging out all the tax stuff. Mind as well put it in a folder while I'm gathering it. As I was digging through the mail I came across an envelope that had the familiar "Tax Documents Enclosed" text on the outside. Oh good, I thought. I wouldn't have even realized I was missing something. The paper was for our HSA (Health Savings Account) and included the amount we had spent on medical bills last year.

I started putting in all the numbers and once again had reached the general vicinity of the $1500 mark that I was expecting. Then I got to the HSA section. Not completely understanding how all of this works, I just follow the prompts in the software and match up the box numbers with the form numbers. So I had the right form number, check! I started inputting the info. Box 1, check. Then it asked me how much of that number was spent on qualified medical bills. All of it, check. Then I clicked Done.

Holy cow. My husband even asked me if I was all the way done before he got his hopes up.

So I hope you are totally in suspense right now. We are getting over four thousand dollars back. We owe a few hundred on state, but even still, I was dumb-founded. Now this could sound like it didn't have much to do with God and was completely user error. Partially true. But if it wasn't for having to go back and find that paperwork, I don't know that I would have found the HSA documents or realized that the info needed to be entered. So I thank God for meeting me in my disorganization and blessing us with some additional funds right when we need it.

Thank you Lord!