Here I am, coasting along in the Panhandle, lazing thru the days, finally sleeping the sleep a person should have, waking up early and going to bed when darkness fills the land, and thinking how great it would be to never have to think about another time clock at any establishment in the world. BOOM! The world jumps right into the middle of my face and slams me back onto the pavement. Wake up, Linda!

I recently joined the creditreporting thingy where any changes to your credit are reported immediately. And out of the blue, I received notice that I had a charge for $93 going intocollection from a credit agency in Las Vegas. WTF???? I called the agency. The collection was for an ad I ranwith the Las Vegas Review Journal in December, 2005. It was my ‘garage sale’ ad, when I was clearing out Hyman Place. I told John Snow (credit agency person) that I paid it before I could even submit the ad and that I had never received a bill on it. He said he would mark it as’contested’ while I investigated the payment. Strange, but I never received notice from the credit agency either.

Off I went, jumped right into my credit union checking account statement, only to find out that I had a balance of $1,300 but an available balance of -$1,700. Double, super freaked out WTF???? I immediately called my credit union. There was a charge of $3,000 coming infrom Fry’s Electronics that had been approved on my visa/debit card by Frys. Kiss my grits, slap me black and blue, knock me to my knees,it took me a moment to comprehend what the credit union rep was telling me. Lots of thoughts ran through my head. First of all, I used my card tofund my diesel and gas costs on the trip.My card has never left my possession and never been loaned to anyone. So how is this possible? And how am I now going to fund my return trip home because obviously the card has to be cancelled immediately? Getting past those thoughts, there isn’t enough in my checking account to even ‘approve’ that kind of charge so how did it even happen? There are no answers right now. The charge will hit my account on Friday.Once ithits, thecredit union will be able to track it down and straighten it out – that will take approximately 10 days. The card is now cancelled. I do have enough cash and CC’s to easily make the trip home but as I spoke with Maria at thecredit union, Iemotionally broke down to tears. I feellike I’ve been violated.

There are more than one Fry’s Electronics in the U.S. and I have purchased at Fry’s inLas Vegas. I’m guessing that someone at Fry’s (an employee) lifted my # and approved a purchase for someone they know. I hope the bastard has hot coals stuffed up their butt, not just on my account but on everyone else’s account that ithas happened to before and mayhappen to in the future.

And getting past that, I found the post in my account that states the Las Vegas Review Journal was paid for thead – in December, 2005. So…print it out, scan and fax it to the credit agency that is handling the Las Vegas Review Journal bullshit collection against me. KEE-RIST! Get off of it world. I didn’t even swear today. I just cried. I suppose I was in the mood for a tear jerking, body shuddering sob. If I wasn’t, I had one anyway. How can things get so undone that weren’t done in the first place? I give up. If you find an answer, please let me know, I may need a glass of wine to digest the answer with, but I will accept any that you can offer.

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On the lighter side in the Panhandle, my baby bro as he gets ready to head out for a ride.

I have my idea of a ‘steed’ and he has his.