Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Idiot of the Day - Me!
Yes, in a shocking turn at self-reflection today, I’ve realized that this has been one of the dumbest weeks of my life. I have two bank accounts because when we first moved to the boonies of Vegas, there wasn’t a Wells Fargo built near us yet. So, I opened up an account at a bank a block away, then occasionally transfered everything to my main account at WF. Eventually, we got a WF nearby, so I didn’t need the account as much. I now use it for wire transfers from some of the companies I don’t want anywhere near my main bank account. So, I got a wire on Thursday. On Friday, I wrote a check to transfer that money into my main account, the WF one. Cool, everything’s all set.
Today, I see in my WF account a check written for that exact amount, deducted. Yeah, duh, I wrote the check from the wrong checkbook. I wrote a WF check and deposited it in a WF account. Luckily, it didn’t look like I was stealing because I didn’t take any of that money out, plus I had enough in the account so it didn’t bounce itself. This could’ve been so so so bad. I had to call WF and tell the guy so he could put a note in my account, “Stupid chick called. She did the dumbest thing, but she wasn’t really trying to steal or anything. So, ignore that check. I laughed at her, told her to have a nice day and then hung up...and laughed some more.”
It would’ve been moderately bad if that was the only dumb thing I’d done in the past week. But no, it’s been a real winner. We bought a new little vacuum because we have a Hoover Windtunnel that must weigh like five thousand pounds. It works great, but we have baby gates all over the house to keep the pets in certain areas; like Eli away from Phoenix, so she doesn’t eat her. So, lifting the 5000 lb Hoover into each room and onto the stairs is quite the unpleasant task. I figured if we had a nimble little vac that could be lifted in and out of rooms, or even better, one for every room (it’s, I dunno, a fifth of the price of the Hoover), the vacuuming would be done more often. I ordered this sleek little Eureka Optima Vacuum
Since I ordered the vacuum, I figured it was my duty to assemble it. Usually Leigh-Ann does all of the assembly. She, uh, reads directions. I do not. Directions are boring. I read the directions to assemble the vacuum. They were short. The vacuum was cute. I wanted to use it. It assembled like a charm. I used it and it worked like a charm, only I thought, “What a great vacuum, it’s too bad the hose is so weak.” Two days later, Leigh-Ann used the vacuum. There’s a dial to turn the suction on for the hose. Duh. Works great! So, if you’re looking for a nice little vacuum that’s only $55 w/ free shipping, this is the baby for you. Don’t forget, turn the dial when you want to use the hose.
Ah, and just when you thought my stupidity had discovered its limits this week...you were WRONG. More bank account hijinks. I have a credit union loan for my car, so naturally they had to open yet another bank account for me. Well, I don’t keep any money in that account because I only use it for making my car payment. They sent me a PIN. I used it once, then promptly forgot where I put it. So, I had to call them today too and plead dopey. Luckily, I found out I can go into the credit union (which is only a block away from the house) and they can reset the PIN...to something I choose, and can therefore remember.
The moral of the story this week is - don’t let me do your banking for you or operate any household machinery.
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And I was SERIOUSLY considering hiring you to take over my online banking because I keep screwing it up every month. And I only have one bank account.
ESL Nancy on 09/21 at 01:53 PM -
You can do my vaccuming any old time - good job or not! You sound as scatter brained as me.
jess on 09/21 at 02:36 PM -
When you are finished with ESL Nancy’s banking and Jess’ vaccuming, you can come here.
I am not sure that I need your help in either of those areas but I do know that you were once a softball player and, therefore, must have a decent throwing arm and I just happen to have a Border Collie here who could use a good game of long distance fetch.
LOL
Expat on 09/22 at 07:09 AM -
But ESL Nancy, I’m usually fabulous with my online banking account. I’ve never ever, in my whole life, written a bad check. I pay everything online and have for close to fifteen years.
Jess, I’m not even scatterbrained...uh, usually. Also, if we didn’t have so many books, I really wouldn’t mind the vacuuming. I hate the dust that gathers on the books and find it frustrating because there is so much construction near us (and our back yard is partially dirt, which the dogs bring in) and it makes the house constantly dusty. There is NO winning this battle right now.
Expat, I have a great arm. I’ll be right over, as long as you can guarantee there won’t be any tornadoes.
on 09/22 at 02:23 PM -
Wouldn’t you know that as soon as you said this, we had a few days of tornadoes. What an ordeal to have to move four big bird cages into the basement along with the pups. UGH!
Seriously, I could use you to tire out the BC. He never gets enough of his “fetching fix”. He is always complaining that I “throw like a wimpy little girl”.
Expat on 09/28 at 01:38 PM