Thought I would have a good day but>>>

I had a great day yesterday.  A really great day.  I went to see The Help.  It was really a great movie.  You laughed you cried.  There were times to be scared and times to be nostalgic.  I wonder how much truth is in this stories.  (Like the secret ingredient in Millie's pie!) It was worth the money I had to pull out of the bank to go see it.  I also had a really good late lunch.  I was not completely full so I took a granola snack to bed.  I was all set to try and doze for a bit.  I had trouble sleeping.  I watched movies I have seen 100 times.  I like to do this.  It comforts me when my brain can't slow down.  Then just when I was falling asleep at around 415 am,  THEY TURNED MY CABLE OFF!!!.  So I'm not sure what is going on.  I sent a bank check to the cable company at least 2 weeks before. Let me clarify. I DID NOT SEND A PERSONAL CHECK THAT COULD HAVE BOUNCED.  I rode the wheelchair to the bank, took cash that my roommates give me for their share and I put cash into a bank check.  I then gave the check to my care provider who mailed it with her bills.  I then CALLED the cable company and told them I sent this payment in when I gave it to my care provider to mail.  Now the company got my care provider's bills.  The cable company told me they never got my check!  How did they not get it!  I am really beginning to hate snail mail.  Too many things get lost or go to the wrong place. 

A bank check works like a money order. You pay the cash, and you get a check made out to whomever.  You also get a receipt.  Before you give the check out, You tear the receipt off and keep it for your records.  I have paid big bills this way.  I don't have much money now so any bills I can pay I try to get out of the way.  Since I had the receipt I figure it should be easy to get another right?               WRONG!

I inform my care provider what happened and ask her if she would take the new check to the office.  She said she would.  I am now really anxious.  Not only do I not have TV, but I don't have phone or Internet either!  I love this blog and my phone line is connected to an emergency button like this one.  So no cable no Internet and no emergency connection!  I hate a quiet house.  At 9 am I go back to the bank show them the receipt, tell them what happened and ask them to stop payment on this one and issue a new one.  But it's not that simple.  I have to sign a paper, get it notarized, the bank manager has to sign, and it has to go to the cable company and someone there has to sign and get that signature notarized.  WHAT a NIGHTMARE!  I explained the situation to one of the bank managers.  She in turn goes to her boss and they agree to take the paper down to the cable company themselves.  I took about half of what was left in my savings to cover that bill in cash and figured I would put the money back when the new check came through or make a double payment and put the money back by skipping a month.  They stopped me on the way home and told me to give them the cash and they would take it when they took the paperwork.  They told me they were leaving right away and this should be done by the end of the day.  When I got home the cable was back on.  It was awfully quick.  Apparently while the people from the bank were there someone posted my bank check and it got my cable and phone back on.  The ladies from the bank say it must have posted today.  But I think someone screwed up and never gave me credit for a payment.  When all the hoopla started, someone found a note or something and finally gave me the credit for payment.  If I call on the phone my account still says well I have not posted a payment since July, an agent says they got the August payment.  Add too all this that my footrest is missing a bolt and nut and I can't use it and I caught my four legged child Minnie torturing a wild bunny.  (The bunny was rescued by my roommate.  It did not seem badly injured and was set free.)  All in all it's been a hell of a day.  A special thank you to the ladies who were so much help.  Thanks to their help, my cash I took out was never spent and has been returned to my account.  They really went above and beyond the call of duty.  I need more rest now.  Take care