Day
Vibrating pole
On the way home I stop and wait at a bus stop. At this bus stop is a huge utility pole. It is not your normal pole. It is like a meter around. The wires are the extra high versions. The poles are almost twice as high as normal. I lean against said pole while waiting. Today was quite windy. I could hear the wind whistling in the overhead wires over the sound of traffic. When I leaned against the pole, I could feel the vibration. It was fascinating. OK, I'm a geek.
Credit card woes
Last night I checked that there was enough money in my checking account to cover the Texaco bill. Thank God, there was. I paid it online and went about my evening.
I got to bed around 11:30 or so. Just as I was falling asleep, that little voice whispered in my had "Hey, those numbers didn't look right." Well, I cannot resist the call of the little voice that has saved my butt multiple times so I went and hopped back on the computer. Low, and behold I found some charges on my credit card that I most certainly did not make. They look like those fake companies that porn sites set up so people won't be embarrassed to pay the bill. I called right then and there. Good thing too. There were some pending charges that hadn't gone through yet.
So, I'm card-less for the next couple of weeks. That is a good thing really. We are about to head out to the grocery store and I will use my debit card instead. I double checked online today and the account is gone. I'm not sure how much I really owe, but I know rent and a couple trips to the store were on that card. Those will come back on the next one I'm sure.
Several years ago I had someone charge a couple of trips to some local restaurants on a different card. I'm pretty sure my card got lifted at a local eatery. I'm not sure, but I bet this trouble started from giving my CC to the apartment complex. That ends here.