December 27, 2007 | Thundercats Are Go!
The holiday break-down:
Miles drove: 368
Parental units visited: 3 (my mum, boyfriend's parents, my dad)
Bags of gifts toted: possibly 5 (I lost count)
Empty coffee cups still in the boyfriend's car: 3
Trips to the Sacramento zoo: 1
Birthdays celebrated: 1 (happy birthday step-brother!)
Bottles of Peach Vodka consumed: 1.5 (it was a group effort)
Bottles of champagne consumed: 4 (possibly more)
Calories consumed: BILLIONS
Dad's reaction to the nose ring (which I was a little worried about) = pretty positive (His exact words, "If you love it, I love it")
Things I wish I were kidding about:
- I seared, no, MELTED the roof of my mouth on a taquito (bean and cheese, if you must know) Friday night. My mouth finally started to feel normal again yesterday.
- I broke my favorite camera lens on Saturday when I dropped my camera bag.
- My debit card number was stolen (insufficient funds at the ATM on Saturday night = $600 fraudulent charge to Overstock.com = OH CRAP)
So yeah. That whole holiday thing. Nice to be able to spend time with friends and family, but thank jeebus it's OVER. Also, perfect ending to Christmas day = going to see Juno. I loved it. I now have 2 favorite movies (Amelie being the other one).
Sorry about your mouth--ouch! I was pretty surprised how cool my dad was about my tattoo (this was ages ago). He said, "that's kind of nice." And I'm so sorry about the debit card. Worst feeling in the world, I know.
"Juno" was fantastic. Good call.
Negative and positive, it all sounds par for the course.
Peroxil rinse ought to help your poor mouth.
Yaaaay, good news!
For those of you wondering about the debit card number debacle:
The minute I found the fraudulent charge (thank jeebus for my blackberry with internet), I called my bank, and had the card canceled. They made a note that the charge was fraudulent, but I was going to need to call the Fraud Department on Monday to start a claim. That same night, I also called Overstock and alerted them to the fraudulent charge. They made a note of it and told me to contact their fraud department on Monday.
So I called my bank's fraud department first thing Monday, and found out that they couldn't do anything about the charge until it had posted. At that time, it was "pending". So I called Overstock's fraud department on Tuesday and found out that they had decided the charge was definitely fraudulent (yay!) and were crediting my account.
I just checked my account and the charge is gone. Everything is right again! Once I get my new card I'll be set.
Happy Holidays! I hope everything works out with your atm card; yikes!
I'm so looking forward to seeing Juno now - had hoped to see it over the holiday, but the whole "being sick" thing threw a monkey wrench into my movie-going. Maybe New Year's Day will be movie day this year.
Keep us posted with what happens re: the fraudulent charges - I only hope you don't have B of A, because when that happened to a friend last year, she got jerked around by them a lot :(
*Thinking good thoughts!*
Nice breakdown. And you survived! Now for New Year's Eve.
On those fraudulent charges to Overstock.com. I assume there's a shipping address, can't the cops be the delivery people? I would love to be a bird flying over head just as they receive their delivery. Jerks! So sorry that had to happen to you!