For reasons that are hard to explain but have a lot to do with The Day The Universe Tried to Sabotage Our Vacation, I mistakenly scheduled two mortgage payments with my electronic bill pay service. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize the mistake until it was too late. I spent ample time Monday morning getting both my bank and mortgage company on the phone to convince everybody that while I think Countrywide is doing a fine job with my home loan, I really wasn’t trying to spring for donuts and champagne for the entire company.
This is what I don’t get, though. It only took 24 hours for my money to move from my account to their account. But, the return trip is now on it’s fifth day. I think my money is actually sitting in a turquoise boat right now on It’s a Small World in Disneyland eating a churro.
Listen, Mortgage Money, wherever you are–please, please come back home. I miss you. I mean, I really, really miss you. I want you back home with us where you belong. You can even have control of the remote and watch C-SPAN as much as you want, and I’ll read Suze Orme to you as you drift off to sleep.
Recently someone else found creative ways to spend my money – about $2200 of my money. Even though my debit card was safely in my wallet when my bank called to ask me about my shopping spree at Banana, Gap and Express somewhere in California. Sad thing is they gave me my money back but I don’t think they ever did anything about the teenager (as I like to think of her) who obsconded with $2200 worth of clothes because that is just not enough money to worry about. That is called getting away with it…..