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mamajoanToday the weather is cruelly taunting us with one last delicious reminder of what we are about to leave behind: to wit, it's 80 degrees and sunny and gorgeous. Siiiigh. I just went out for ice cream with some coworkers. (I got froyo actually. They have a raspberry-chocolate-chip that's surprisingly good. Remind me to post about my adventures in lowfat again.)
Anyway, other than today, it has been pretty chilly, especially at night. It makes me sad. It's not that I mind cool fall weather per se; it's just that I hate knowing that it means even more and more of the same is to come. Also, dressing the kids is stressful this time of year because you never know what the day could be like, and the morning weather isn't necessarily an indicator, and if I get it wrong then I feel guilty. Also, both the kids need more pants.
For that matter, I need more pants too. With the cooler weather arriving, it becomes painfully and annoyingly obvious that I have way too many pants that are too big or too small, and way too few that fit me just right. I've lost enough weight, what with the breastfeeding and the gall bladder and the avoidance of fat and HFCS, that the pants I bought a couple of years ago (when I decided to accept my post-baby body and buy it new clothes) are way too loose, but the pants from before I ever got pregnant will still probably never fit again. Did I mention this is really annoying? I hate shopping for pants, but apparently I shall have to. Also I'm debating which/how many of the too-big and too-small pants to put in the basement for "just in case" vs. giving them away. I think I have to hold onto them, because who knows what this bod will look like in another year or two?
Still, one thing to like about autumn is the annual RiverSing event, which this year is being held on a Sunday, yay! It's this coming Sunday and if you're in the area, you should check it out. It's a quasi-pagan event where they have people on either side of the Charles River singing songs back and forth to each other to welcome in the autumn. I say quasi-pagan because I feel like the intent and nature of the event itself is inherently pagan, but many/most of the songs they choose tend to have fairly overt Christian overtones (at least from the point of view of this lapsed Jewish pagan) so it's always a bit of cognitive dissonance for me. Still, it has been a fun event every year and I'm looking forward to it. And this year it looks like they're starting it off with a bit of a parade (excuse me, "processional") which should be fun too. So check it out!
The issue I'm having with my insurance company is as follows: they sent me my first bill of the billing year, which showed that I could pay either $406 (the entire premium) or $40.60 (if I wanted to pay it in ten installments). I wrote them a check for $406. But they cashed it as if it were for $40.60.
So I called them and explained the problem and the lady said they would look into it. This was two weeks ago. Yesterday I logged on to their website and it showed that they had credited me with the correct amount, so I now owe nothing. But, when I go to my online banking, it shows that the correct amount was not deducted from my account. I don't know what to do about this. On the one hand if Commerce wants to think that we're settled up even though they haven't actually taken my money, that's their problem. OTOH, I don't like having that discrepancy just sitting there; it makes me nervous. I guess I should call them back and ask about it again, but who has the time for that shit?
The issue I'm having with my new bank is as follows: I opened a new checking account with Wainwright Bank intending to switch all my banking out of NetBank and into Wainwright. They sent me the application paperwork, including an application for a debit card, and I filled it all out and sent it back. Then they sent me a confirmation, including a receipt for my initial deposit, and my new account number, and instructions for logging in to their online banking. I can log in and see my account and see the correct amount of money in it. But, I have not received the debit card or any checks for the account, which makes it pretty difficult to, like, actually conduct transactions with that account.
So I called and the lady said that it could take a month to get the checks, so fine, at least I know that's under way. But she also said there was no record in the computer of my having applied for a debit card. Not fine! So she said she'd look into it and call me back. That was yesterday morning, and no call back yet. Sigh. I hate it when they say they'll call you back and they don't and you end up having to call them back. You'd think they would want to enable me to use my account, wouldn't you? I told her I wanted to switch my direct deposit to the account, and she gave me the bank's routing number, but I'm obviously not going to do that until I know I can actually access the money in the damn account.
On the more positive financial side, I realized recently that I had never invoiced my employers for those last two days before they made me permanent (the two days that I worked during the week of July 2nd). So I submitted that invoice and got a check for about $600. Unexpected money like that is always a good thing. Maybe tomorrow I'll go into an actual branch of my new bank to deposit the check. Think they'll let me do that? *roll eyes*
In kid news, Isaac is doing great with the potty training. He is basically completely trained except for at night. He wears underwear all day and can go to the bathroom without help -- well, he does need a little help wiping himself, but other than that he does it all himself. He even takes off his own diaper in the morning and puts it in the trash and gets himself some clean underwear. It is awesome. I totally get how people say they don't want to have another kid because they don't want to go back to "square one" diaper-wise. I don't really mind diaper changes all that much, but it is definitely great to be doing so much less of it. Plus, of course, it's saving me a lot of money.
At school Isaac has learned the vowels and consonants and is still writing a lot. Now he likes to write out the vowels and then write out the consonants -- although the latter usually consists of writing the whole alphabet and then crossing out the vowels. ;)
As for Ruthie, well she is still in diapers obviously. ;) But she loves clothing -- her own, and anyone else's. She likes to take a piece of clothing from wherever she finds it: a drawer, the bed, the dirty-clothes hamper, whatever, she's not picky. Then she'll drape it around her neck and walk around with it for a while. Eventually she loses interest and leaves it lying on the floor wherever she happens to be. Or, she'll take it and put it in some random drawer.
In general she does love taking things out of drawers/off of shelves and putting things into drawers/onto shelves. This does occasionally result in hilarity, like the other day when I found my bra in her pants drawer. There's one kitchen drawer that I have designated as Ruthie's because she likes it particularly; I keep random plastic things (tupperware, baby bottles, breastpump pieces) in it, and she goes in there and gets them out and leaves them strewn all around the house. I can't even tell you all the things I've found in that drawer. Just off the top of my head they include her toothbrush, the cordless phone, her teddy bear, one of Isaac's toy trains, one of Isaac's shoes...LOL :)
OK, I have more of course, but it's time to leave work and go pick up the little darlings ;)
Anyway, other than today, it has been pretty chilly, especially at night. It makes me sad. It's not that I mind cool fall weather per se; it's just that I hate knowing that it means even more and more of the same is to come. Also, dressing the kids is stressful this time of year because you never know what the day could be like, and the morning weather isn't necessarily an indicator, and if I get it wrong then I feel guilty. Also, both the kids need more pants.
For that matter, I need more pants too. With the cooler weather arriving, it becomes painfully and annoyingly obvious that I have way too many pants that are too big or too small, and way too few that fit me just right. I've lost enough weight, what with the breastfeeding and the gall bladder and the avoidance of fat and HFCS, that the pants I bought a couple of years ago (when I decided to accept my post-baby body and buy it new clothes) are way too loose, but the pants from before I ever got pregnant will still probably never fit again. Did I mention this is really annoying? I hate shopping for pants, but apparently I shall have to. Also I'm debating which/how many of the too-big and too-small pants to put in the basement for "just in case" vs. giving them away. I think I have to hold onto them, because who knows what this bod will look like in another year or two?
Still, one thing to like about autumn is the annual RiverSing event, which this year is being held on a Sunday, yay! It's this coming Sunday and if you're in the area, you should check it out. It's a quasi-pagan event where they have people on either side of the Charles River singing songs back and forth to each other to welcome in the autumn. I say quasi-pagan because I feel like the intent and nature of the event itself is inherently pagan, but many/most of the songs they choose tend to have fairly overt Christian overtones (at least from the point of view of this lapsed Jewish pagan) so it's always a bit of cognitive dissonance for me. Still, it has been a fun event every year and I'm looking forward to it. And this year it looks like they're starting it off with a bit of a parade (excuse me, "processional") which should be fun too. So check it out!
The issue I'm having with my insurance company is as follows: they sent me my first bill of the billing year, which showed that I could pay either $406 (the entire premium) or $40.60 (if I wanted to pay it in ten installments). I wrote them a check for $406. But they cashed it as if it were for $40.60.
So I called them and explained the problem and the lady said they would look into it. This was two weeks ago. Yesterday I logged on to their website and it showed that they had credited me with the correct amount, so I now owe nothing. But, when I go to my online banking, it shows that the correct amount was not deducted from my account. I don't know what to do about this. On the one hand if Commerce wants to think that we're settled up even though they haven't actually taken my money, that's their problem. OTOH, I don't like having that discrepancy just sitting there; it makes me nervous. I guess I should call them back and ask about it again, but who has the time for that shit?
The issue I'm having with my new bank is as follows: I opened a new checking account with Wainwright Bank intending to switch all my banking out of NetBank and into Wainwright. They sent me the application paperwork, including an application for a debit card, and I filled it all out and sent it back. Then they sent me a confirmation, including a receipt for my initial deposit, and my new account number, and instructions for logging in to their online banking. I can log in and see my account and see the correct amount of money in it. But, I have not received the debit card or any checks for the account, which makes it pretty difficult to, like, actually conduct transactions with that account.
So I called and the lady said that it could take a month to get the checks, so fine, at least I know that's under way. But she also said there was no record in the computer of my having applied for a debit card. Not fine! So she said she'd look into it and call me back. That was yesterday morning, and no call back yet. Sigh. I hate it when they say they'll call you back and they don't and you end up having to call them back. You'd think they would want to enable me to use my account, wouldn't you? I told her I wanted to switch my direct deposit to the account, and she gave me the bank's routing number, but I'm obviously not going to do that until I know I can actually access the money in the damn account.
On the more positive financial side, I realized recently that I had never invoiced my employers for those last two days before they made me permanent (the two days that I worked during the week of July 2nd). So I submitted that invoice and got a check for about $600. Unexpected money like that is always a good thing. Maybe tomorrow I'll go into an actual branch of my new bank to deposit the check. Think they'll let me do that? *roll eyes*
In kid news, Isaac is doing great with the potty training. He is basically completely trained except for at night. He wears underwear all day and can go to the bathroom without help -- well, he does need a little help wiping himself, but other than that he does it all himself. He even takes off his own diaper in the morning and puts it in the trash and gets himself some clean underwear. It is awesome. I totally get how people say they don't want to have another kid because they don't want to go back to "square one" diaper-wise. I don't really mind diaper changes all that much, but it is definitely great to be doing so much less of it. Plus, of course, it's saving me a lot of money.
At school Isaac has learned the vowels and consonants and is still writing a lot. Now he likes to write out the vowels and then write out the consonants -- although the latter usually consists of writing the whole alphabet and then crossing out the vowels. ;)
As for Ruthie, well she is still in diapers obviously. ;) But she loves clothing -- her own, and anyone else's. She likes to take a piece of clothing from wherever she finds it: a drawer, the bed, the dirty-clothes hamper, whatever, she's not picky. Then she'll drape it around her neck and walk around with it for a while. Eventually she loses interest and leaves it lying on the floor wherever she happens to be. Or, she'll take it and put it in some random drawer.
In general she does love taking things out of drawers/off of shelves and putting things into drawers/onto shelves. This does occasionally result in hilarity, like the other day when I found my bra in her pants drawer. There's one kitchen drawer that I have designated as Ruthie's because she likes it particularly; I keep random plastic things (tupperware, baby bottles, breastpump pieces) in it, and she goes in there and gets them out and leaves them strewn all around the house. I can't even tell you all the things I've found in that drawer. Just off the top of my head they include her toothbrush, the cordless phone, her teddy bear, one of Isaac's toy trains, one of Isaac's shoes...LOL :)
OK, I have more of course, but it's time to leave work and go pick up the little darlings ;)
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