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yesterday it was about 100 degrees and it is today too. it was insufferable heat, and to add annoyance my paycheck BOUNCED because i am employed by a bunch of deadbeats. not really, bit it was a big mix up after john died with our AR and accounts and whatnot. So my boss wrote me a check to recash plus to cover the overdrafts. But I was continuously SO pissed off my US Bank during the whole deal. They were rude to me, and very unhelpful, and basically kept acting like it was my fault. As if IIII somehow bounced a check written to myself!! So today I was reading complaints about them online, and there are many. A lot regarding their "available balance" routine which generally makes funds not available for some indiscernible amount of time, often leading to overdraft fees. So many other people were complaining about this, I thought i just poorly managed my accounts (which IS mostly true), but still rather dodgy. So I think it is almost the last straw with old US Bank. I am signing up with OnPoint credit union, since they have Visa checking, and after my first direct deposit paycheck goes through I shall clear out that account! hah! OnPoint has a savings plan too, which has .25% interest, compared to banks, which is like .10%!! what a joke! Unfortunately to open a CD there takes $1000. who the fuck has an extra $1000!!! So lame! Anyway i am looking forward to gaining control of my finances! I never thought I would say it, but I am quite happy with having a credit card! It has saved me more than once.
So to escape the scary heat and scary bank problems I got to leave work at 2:30, and Ben and I ran away to Seaside. I have never been there before! I was slightly disappointed. So many kids! And they had arcades, but ben wouldn't go in them. But we walked on the beach and I ran in the water and we ate sandwiches and shrimp salad at a goofy restaurant and got drunk and spoke in British slang and ran along the boardwalk and drove around blasting slayer and ate shave ice. The sun is so pretty out there, and there were a lot of tourists for some reason.
I have not been to the beach in a year! I cant believe it. I really need to take advantage of the wonders of living in Oregon, especially if I plan on moving someday. I know I will miss it! Oregon I think is the most beautiful place I have been to. I forget how being on the sand makes me want to run around and chase seagulls like I did when I was 4 and then eat a picnic and write my name in the sand with driftwood and how I could watch the sunset over the pacific every night and never get tired of it, and how I can equate the first time I stood on a surfboard to falling in love.
Yes I love the ocean. But now I am stuck faxing and filing and being bored and unfulfilled. I have nothing to do! And no one is being very helpful. Its getting irritating. But Kim is coming tomorrow and I am so excited!
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So to escape the scary heat and scary bank problems I got to leave work at 2:30, and Ben and I ran away to Seaside. I have never been there before! I was slightly disappointed. So many kids! And they had arcades, but ben wouldn't go in them. But we walked on the beach and I ran in the water and we ate sandwiches and shrimp salad at a goofy restaurant and got drunk and spoke in British slang and ran along the boardwalk and drove around blasting slayer and ate shave ice. The sun is so pretty out there, and there were a lot of tourists for some reason.
I have not been to the beach in a year! I cant believe it. I really need to take advantage of the wonders of living in Oregon, especially if I plan on moving someday. I know I will miss it! Oregon I think is the most beautiful place I have been to. I forget how being on the sand makes me want to run around and chase seagulls like I did when I was 4 and then eat a picnic and write my name in the sand with driftwood and how I could watch the sunset over the pacific every night and never get tired of it, and how I can equate the first time I stood on a surfboard to falling in love.
Yes I love the ocean. But now I am stuck faxing and filing and being bored and unfulfilled. I have nothing to do! And no one is being very helpful. Its getting irritating. But Kim is coming tomorrow and I am so excited!
:/