If the election were done again I would still vote for Jo Jorgensen.
Are we better off than a year ago?
I would call it a push.
The wife moved to the ICU in Nov and with that came a very nice raise which is more than keeping up with inflation since the main drivers of inflation are fuel and housing and working from home we have cut our fuel use way down.
We have now handed off every bill we were paying for our daughter to her, so that is extra money that is no longer going out. Our son is working full time and needs less assistance than he did.
We are in the middle of having a house built. Drove by yesterday and the roof is now up. We had been looking to move and lost out on a couple of existing houses due to our refusal to pay more than 10 grand over the asking price. We found a planned little subdivision and one of the houses the foundation had been laid but it had not been sold. We got it before it went on the market so there was no having to outbid anyone. We got to customize the inside as far as all the finishing kind of things.
But yeah, things are more expensive that is for sure.
But over all, life is pretty good in the Gator household.