{"id":92807,"date":"2026-04-27T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/?p=92807"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:47:29","slug":"april-2022-fire-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/04\/april-2022-fire-update.html","title":{"rendered":"April 2022 FIRE Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"April<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hey, everyone. Did you have a good month? I\u2019m back in Portland and it\u2019s great to be home<\/a>. The weather was very uneven in April. We had a snow day in mid-April! It was the latest date snowfall ever recorded. The trees were full of flowers and held the snow much better than in the winter. As a result, branches fell down all over the city and caused blackouts. RB40Jr\u2019s school was in one of these zones and they had no power for three days. So he got to enjoy some extra days off. Anyway, I\u2019ve adjusted to the regular routine in the US. I\u2019m back to driving our son to school and cooking dinners. Life is back to normal until school is over. Then Mrs. RB40 will take a sabbatical and we\u2019ll go on a long summer vacation.<\/p>\n

On the personal finance side, April was not too great. Our net worth took a big hit along with the rest of the stock market. I\u2019m not too worried, though. The stock market will come back at some point. The bigger issue was that we spent more than we made. I purchased our round-trip tickets to Thailand for our summer vacation. We also paid a lot of taxes in April. Unfortunately, it\u2019s one of those rare months where our expenses were higher than our income. I had to borrow some money from our savings. You can see the details below.<\/p>\n

First, I\u2019ll share how I\u2019m doing on my New Year goals. Then, I\u2019ll show you our monthly cash flow. Here are the details.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Table of Contents<\/p>\nToggle<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n