Today wasn’t a complete waste, though my morning / afternoon was for the most part. At least in comparison to what I had envisioned getting done.

After making my post I called my mom. Being nice and diplomatic just wasn’t cutting it for getting all the emotions of frustration, rage, and helplessness out. I told my mom that it sucked, so hardcore, to literally have no action that I could do to fix the issue.

I told her that at this point it would have been faster, and more secure, for Jon to have sent me the money in a non-descript envelop with an “I’m thinking of you” card. We’ve been trying for a solid week to find out information about the transfer from both of our banks. And they both seem to be content to point the finger at the other, as if they are bickering children looking to place the blame.

Will someone just man up and give me a course of action to find a solution? Really any information at all would be nice. Should I wait another couple of weeks? A month? A year? Would it have been that hard to give me a round about time frame?

At least then I would know to wait longer. Instead I told to do an action that has already been done. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result… I’m pretty sure there’s a really famous quote about that from a really smart person…

Could you have given me other options since I told you that one had been tried already, and hadn’t worked?

There were so many things that could have been done. Hell, I would have been ok if you had at least said something like, “I’m sorry for the trouble you are experiencing, however…”

At least then I would feel like you at least had compassion for not being able to help me. Instead I felt like I got the giant middle finger, again. And that’s what really sucks.

I love the tellers at my bank. I talk to one of the guys about Thundercats and Power Rangers because we’re both nerds. One of the ladies is pregnant and is due soon. She’s always so pleasant to me. I still see the guy who originally opened my bank account, all those three years ago.

However, every time, EVERY TIME, I have to go through customer service it is a nightmare. I never get my issue solved on the first call, and there has only been one time where I had a pleasant person on the other end, and that was only after having to go through an extremely rude and inconsiderate woman.

I went with Bank of America because South Carolina Federal isn’t in Florida. I can’t imagine why they’re not here… but it was more than a little annoying not having a bank that I could walk into.

So I thought switching banks would be a good idea. But which bank to choose?

It would be nice to have a bank that I could go to no matter where I was at. At home with mom, in Vegas with Jason, or anywhere else that I might travel to. I felt mildly patriotic that I went with Bank of ‘America’.

“‘Merica. Fuck yeah!”, sort of a thing.The person I talked to about opening an account was so nice to me, and answered all of my questions. At the time I felt this was a good choice. And like I said, I have nothing against my local bank.

I regret switching over though. I have been screwed over with overdraft fees because money wasn’t withdrawn by the automated systems when it was scheduled to. And when I brought up the fact that the $60 if fees I was charged was a bit unfair because the overdrafts resulted from an error in the system I was told that I needed to be more responsible with my money.

Why don’t you be responsible and have a system that does what it is supposed to do? Or own up to when it doesn’t work properly?

Or the three times that I have paid my balance due on my credit card, but it doesn’t clear properly so I am again hit with late fees…

Maybe the Universe is just picking on me in this regard and I shouldn’t take it personally. Maybe it’s just my bad luck to have these experiences consistently from this one particular company. Maybe I would have the same issues somewhere else.

I’m not going to stay to see if things get better though. I’m sad that I will be leaving my local bank. I like the people who work there and I feel like they actually care about me. But the company as a whole disappoints me and I’m not going to stay any longer than I have to.

So I had all of that floating around inside me for most of the day.

The only thing I really did this afternoon, before aikido, was go to Walmart. There were a few things there that I needed to pick up and I was going to be damned if I let BoA screw over my whole day.

The thought of going out wasn’t all that appealing. Knowing my luck I would get a crummy cashier and it would just egg me on with the whole “customer service sucks” mentality I had going on at the time.

I went though. And I got the cards for the server and manager at my sports bar. Since tomorrow is Friday, I plan to go there for lunch and wanted to be able to give them the thank you cards for how they handled the situation last week. I hope they’re both working tomorrow. XD

While I was at Walmart I got two new tops. I’m really liking the athletic style, sleeveless tops. So much so that anything with sleeves actually bothers me now. I had thought to ‘just look’ and see if there was anything interesting. Since it’s summer (Florida has no spring) I wanted to see if there was anything new that I might like.

There were two tops that were pretty awesome. One was a leaf green. Not spring green, super bright and vibrant. And not forest green, dark and regal. But a slightly dark, summer green. There was a purple top as well. So now I have a bit of a color selection for my tops. It’s not just black.

I have black, grey, blue, green, and purple. I need to find a red and I’ll be happy. I don’t think I would ever feel comfortable in orange or yellow. Maybe a darker orange… As it is, the green will be new for me. Small steps I suppose.

Anywho… I got a pair of clip on sunglasses, too. My eyes thanked me for them when I drove home.

Once I got back to the apartment I still had no motivation for anything so I stitched and listened to my book.

I almost didn’t go to the dojo, but last minute I packed my bag and left the apartment. I’m so glad I did. Sensei Beata was teaching, so there was a lot of dynamic movement. Sensei Jan was my partner for most of the class. I don’t remember the name of the technique we practiced, but it was a very fluid movement. I liked the way it felt.

I went to the gym after the first class. Practicing had helped get pretty much all of the angst out of my system, so I needed some alone time. I got to the gym about 30 minutes before they closed so I was only able to get a .8 mile run it. I stretched a bit afterwards and listened to lots of music. I actually left my headphones in the whole way home.

Even when I got home I left my headphones in, dropped my stuff in the middle of the floor, and fell into bed for a good 30 minutes. Everything was working itself out internally, I just needed more time.

Scarlet jumped up onto the bed with me and we cuddled for a while.

Eventually I needed to eat, so I washed the dishes in the sink and cooked dinner.

Once I got done cooking / eating I started working on the other script I wanted to create. And I’m super pleased to report that I’ve already completed it. That means there’s just one more section that I need to tweak a little bit and I can post my script online.

The last section won’t take long at all since all I’m doing is changing up the interface a little. The overall functionality will be unchanged.

I’m most likely going to listen to more of my book and stitch for the rest of the evening. I’m about halfway done with this project, so I’m feeling pretty good about getting it done on time. That will leave me open to being able to work on the commission piece I have.

Oh, one last thing.

I got a giant bottle of Gatorade yesterday, a 2 quart bottle. I haven’t been staying hydrated like I aught to be, so I got the bottle to help combat that.

New Rule: Drink at least one bottle worth of water every day.

I drank all of the Gatorade yesterday, so this morning I filled it up with water. I’m happy to announce that I have already had one full bottle and am about halfway through my second fill up. Take that dehydration. In your face!

In retrospect, today wasn’t all that bad, and I might have been in the wrong for making my post. Regardless of right and wrong, I’m still leaving BoA, today eventually got better, and life has moved on. Time for some relaxation.