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Oh where to start!? I keep meaning to come back here and actually, ya know, EXPRESS in more than 140 characters...but it just never seems to happen.
So I am currently in Santa Barbara, sitting in my hotel on a beautiful beautiful Sunday afternoon. I have the last, and 4th day of my arbitration tomorrow. I'm working on my cross-examinations and closing argument. I'm debating a visual for closing argument, I can almost picture it but it hasn't quite jelled yet.
I have three cross examinations, then closing.
In other news, I have once again sucked at life in banking. I apparently violated a regulation...well, I blame my bank since I was trying very hard NOT to violate said regulation, but they took money out of my account early because of a holiday and well, whatever. The upshot is that they canceled my account and sent me a check for the balance. Which sucks and all, but whatever. So I signed up for a new bank immediately. Only it took a week for that bank to get up and running. Mind you, I have my paycheck on direct deposit, and I had all my student loans (4 payments) as well as my mortgage payment all coming out of this account.
So I couldn't change my auto-debit/credits until I had a new bank to put them in (in retrospect, I should have just canceled and then attempted to re-enroll later) but the new bank took a while to get going, then I also had to wait for the check from my old bank to arrive to fund the new account. In the meantime, I've spent at least two and more like 3 days a week in Santa Barbara since the first week of November when this all happened. I've also been stranded in two different airports, only one of which had free wireless.
The bottom line is that most of my student loans are pissed at me right now. My mortgage got paid, and should get paid again on the first (knock on wood) and things are just about ironed out...except...!
Even though I TOLD my office manager that my bank account was gone and I would either have to get a check or give her my new numbers before the next paycheck...my last paycheck STILL went to my old bank!!! Now, I told her this in passing and casually when it first happened and before I realized what an EFFING hassle this is, so I can't really blame her. I should have followed up with her and the person who actually DOES the paychecks. Still my fault, but REALLY??? That's not something you think about???
Argh.
So right now I'm kind of...hurting. I have a paycheck out there somewhere in the ether, I'm behind on my student loan payments, I have to, but can't, pay my credit card bill since with all this traveling I've put at least $1500 on it that the firm will reimburse...eventually.
Hopefully, when I get home from here I will have an expense check from the firm. I also get a paycheck on Friday which SHOULD go to the right account. I'm also guessing that my last paycheck will show up in a couple days from the old bank. So things are slowly getting straightened out but my GOD they were tangled and my GOD do I suck at this stuff!!!
My roommate may also be moving out soon, which is totally fine, I completely understand her motivations and everything, but that'll leave a chunk of my budget on the floor too. I can probably do it without her...but I've already been cutting back like crazy (good thing I like ramen! But I could do better, and I have some fake plants I need to get rid of that someone somewhere might buy if I got off my ass and put them on Craigslist or something) and I would like to pay off my student loans before I'm 56. Maybe if I get a bonus and/or a decent raise...but otherwise (and really either way) I should probably look for another roommate. I just like living alone and hate the idea of bringing in a stranger...on the other hand, I can't think of anyone I know in this area that I'd like to live with. Bah humbug.
Alright, enough procrastinating. I do want to go run on the beach this afternoon!
So I am currently in Santa Barbara, sitting in my hotel on a beautiful beautiful Sunday afternoon. I have the last, and 4th day of my arbitration tomorrow. I'm working on my cross-examinations and closing argument. I'm debating a visual for closing argument, I can almost picture it but it hasn't quite jelled yet.
I have three cross examinations, then closing.
In other news, I have once again sucked at life in banking. I apparently violated a regulation...well, I blame my bank since I was trying very hard NOT to violate said regulation, but they took money out of my account early because of a holiday and well, whatever. The upshot is that they canceled my account and sent me a check for the balance. Which sucks and all, but whatever. So I signed up for a new bank immediately. Only it took a week for that bank to get up and running. Mind you, I have my paycheck on direct deposit, and I had all my student loans (4 payments) as well as my mortgage payment all coming out of this account.
So I couldn't change my auto-debit/credits until I had a new bank to put them in (in retrospect, I should have just canceled and then attempted to re-enroll later) but the new bank took a while to get going, then I also had to wait for the check from my old bank to arrive to fund the new account. In the meantime, I've spent at least two and more like 3 days a week in Santa Barbara since the first week of November when this all happened. I've also been stranded in two different airports, only one of which had free wireless.
The bottom line is that most of my student loans are pissed at me right now. My mortgage got paid, and should get paid again on the first (knock on wood) and things are just about ironed out...except...!
Even though I TOLD my office manager that my bank account was gone and I would either have to get a check or give her my new numbers before the next paycheck...my last paycheck STILL went to my old bank!!! Now, I told her this in passing and casually when it first happened and before I realized what an EFFING hassle this is, so I can't really blame her. I should have followed up with her and the person who actually DOES the paychecks. Still my fault, but REALLY??? That's not something you think about???
Argh.
So right now I'm kind of...hurting. I have a paycheck out there somewhere in the ether, I'm behind on my student loan payments, I have to, but can't, pay my credit card bill since with all this traveling I've put at least $1500 on it that the firm will reimburse...eventually.
Hopefully, when I get home from here I will have an expense check from the firm. I also get a paycheck on Friday which SHOULD go to the right account. I'm also guessing that my last paycheck will show up in a couple days from the old bank. So things are slowly getting straightened out but my GOD they were tangled and my GOD do I suck at this stuff!!!
My roommate may also be moving out soon, which is totally fine, I completely understand her motivations and everything, but that'll leave a chunk of my budget on the floor too. I can probably do it without her...but I've already been cutting back like crazy (good thing I like ramen! But I could do better, and I have some fake plants I need to get rid of that someone somewhere might buy if I got off my ass and put them on Craigslist or something) and I would like to pay off my student loans before I'm 56. Maybe if I get a bonus and/or a decent raise...but otherwise (and really either way) I should probably look for another roommate. I just like living alone and hate the idea of bringing in a stranger...on the other hand, I can't think of anyone I know in this area that I'd like to live with. Bah humbug.
Alright, enough procrastinating. I do want to go run on the beach this afternoon!