There I was Saturday morning not so fresh from a very restless night of so called sleep. It seems to be escaping more and more these days.
So totally against my will I get up trying to be quite as to not wake the rest of the house. Bright idea pops into my head to pay some bills on the computer at 7:30a.m. No teeth brushing, splashing water on the face, eating or drinking something to maybe be somewhat more awake.
Oh no let's just get to the torture of bill paying. So I get the computer signed on and prepare to watch my bank account slowly evaporate. One of my monthly obligations right now is my son is taking a trip to Washington D.C. at the end of the school year.
The way it works is you pay to register the for the trip in November, make a payment in December and then the balance is due April 2008. The trip is $1,304.00 something like that. My genius plan is to divide the remainder and pay for it over the next four months.
Cuts down on the pain that way. I get everything all organized pay a couple little items via the internet. I move ever so assuredly to the this trip's website. Put in all my security info so that I make sure that I am making a payment on my son's trips.
I pull up the bill pay online option enter all the necessary information for my debit card. Mind you some of the fields are preloaded so that you have to change them or it takes the amount loaded. So I hit the enter button and get a return message of invalid card number.
So I return to the previous page and reenter all the debit card information again. Double check it before I hit the almighty button of no return. Everything appears to look fine. So satisfied I hit the button.
Up pops the following:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAYMENT OF $729.00
I am numb. I had to be in shock. Okay Okay fine shock after a string of obscenities. Totally dumbstruck. So I call my BFF and tell her what I did. Totally beside myself I tell her how at this point I don't know if I should cry, laugh, start drinking. After all it is okay to drink heavily in situations like this.
Oh, but least we forget I just spent the drinking money! She suggested I call the bank. Did that was told I would have to deal with the merchant. Did that and the merchant is only open Monday thru Friday. Now I want my MOMMY! Guess what she is not home.
Being an adult sucks sometimes. My Mom called me back that afternoon. After I relived my tragic morning she asked me what I needed her to do. I told her the moral of my story was take your blood pressure medicine first have some breakfast little caffeine with the background noise of six children you think better with all that stimulation.
We had a good laugh and I told her that I would be calling them first thing Monday morning with my sob story. Which went something like I am a single mother of six children and did not intend to send you my whole paycheck.
The woman understood and we agreed a $200.00 payment was more my intention and she credited my checking account back the difference.
So totally against my will I get up trying to be quite as to not wake the rest of the house. Bright idea pops into my head to pay some bills on the computer at 7:30a.m. No teeth brushing, splashing water on the face, eating or drinking something to maybe be somewhat more awake.
Oh no let's just get to the torture of bill paying. So I get the computer signed on and prepare to watch my bank account slowly evaporate. One of my monthly obligations right now is my son is taking a trip to Washington D.C. at the end of the school year.
The way it works is you pay to register the for the trip in November, make a payment in December and then the balance is due April 2008. The trip is $1,304.00 something like that. My genius plan is to divide the remainder and pay for it over the next four months.
Cuts down on the pain that way. I get everything all organized pay a couple little items via the internet. I move ever so assuredly to the this trip's website. Put in all my security info so that I make sure that I am making a payment on my son's trips.
I pull up the bill pay online option enter all the necessary information for my debit card. Mind you some of the fields are preloaded so that you have to change them or it takes the amount loaded. So I hit the enter button and get a return message of invalid card number.
So I return to the previous page and reenter all the debit card information again. Double check it before I hit the almighty button of no return. Everything appears to look fine. So satisfied I hit the button.
Up pops the following:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAYMENT OF $729.00
I am numb. I had to be in shock. Okay Okay fine shock after a string of obscenities. Totally dumbstruck. So I call my BFF and tell her what I did. Totally beside myself I tell her how at this point I don't know if I should cry, laugh, start drinking. After all it is okay to drink heavily in situations like this.
Oh, but least we forget I just spent the drinking money! She suggested I call the bank. Did that was told I would have to deal with the merchant. Did that and the merchant is only open Monday thru Friday. Now I want my MOMMY! Guess what she is not home.
Being an adult sucks sometimes. My Mom called me back that afternoon. After I relived my tragic morning she asked me what I needed her to do. I told her the moral of my story was take your blood pressure medicine first have some breakfast little caffeine with the background noise of six children you think better with all that stimulation.
We had a good laugh and I told her that I would be calling them first thing Monday morning with my sob story. Which went something like I am a single mother of six children and did not intend to send you my whole paycheck.
The woman understood and we agreed a $200.00 payment was more my intention and she credited my checking account back the difference.
1 comment:
ok so I didn't know whether to laugh, cry, hold my breath, or at least until the end of your post. Thank god they are willing to be human. glad it worked out. love ya
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