Always nice to know the bank gives a shit about you. A check clearing unexpectedly – on the same day as over a dozen transactions Kay made in AZ were processed – caused us to overdraft by about $30. But the bank put the transactions through in order, largest through smallest, so by the time it got to the overdraft amount, it was on the $5-$10 transactions. The result? FIVE overdraft fees. $140. I went over there and complained, and they said they’d put through a refund request, but I doubt anything will come of it. While I was there the woman tried to sell me on overdraft protection and a new, better credit card.
So our finances suck right now. Really, royally suck. They’ll get better – slowly. Still, like the $1500 cost of Kay’s trip wasn’t bad enough! (NOT blaming Kay. She had to make that trip. It just hit hard.) It also doesn’t help that we started a sale in CG a couple days ago to try and help – 25% off everything! – and no one’s bought a single damn thing. That’s pretty disheartening. And we’re postponing our planned tattoos, too. (That, I don’t mind so much. I felt like we were rushing them a bit.)
But! We’re going to the Cape for a couple days this weekend, with my mom and my uncle. Hopefully the weather will be nice, but it should be fun. And the announcement of the Science in My Fiction contest winners is imminent – just waiting on one thing. Excitement!
So much going on, so little to talk about. Here – have some Sharktopus!
Post title from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog