Victim of Fraud

Now I'm going to have the Eagles' "Victim of Love" running through my head all day, but I like that song, so I guess that's OK. Back to the topic:



I was looking at our joint bank account online and noticed that there was a $96.00 hit for check number 1009. So, since I am the keeper of the checking account and I know I didn't write a check for $96.00, I first called Ray to see if he was up to no good. He was not. Looking back in my check register, that check number corresponds to a check that I wrote for a graduation gift back in May of 2006. Last year, I continued to watch for this check to clear, but it never did. And since it was written not to a graduate that I really know, but only because the parents had said graduate send us an invitation, I voided out the check in my check register and moved on, happily keeping my $25 for myself.



Aside: Why do people think it's OK to send graduation announcements/invitations for their kids to people who they rarely, if ever, see or talk to? That really irks me. Not to reveal who these people are, but just because you and my husband share about an 1/8 of your blood, please don't think you need to waste a stamp sending us an invitation for a child that I've never met in the 12+ years that Ray and I have been together. Now, on the other hand, I don't share a single drop of blood with my "niece" and "nephew", Ella and Bradley. However, when it comes time for them to graduate, there will be hell to pay if I don't get an invitation. Weddings are a different thing all together. I am not offended to receive a wedding invitation in the mail for distant relatives or long lost friends. At least if someone sends you a wedding invitation, they assume that you MAY come. (Nobody goes to graduations for people they barely know.) Plus, for a wedding, I get to choose whether I go or not. And if I do go, I get something for my troubles. Food, maybe some drinks, and definitely some wedding cake. So, if I go, I bring a gift. If I don't, no gift required. Simple quid pro quo, and I like it that way.



So, in between the time I started this post, and while I typed off subject, and heated my lunch, and ate half of my lunch, the Credit Union has called me back. Here's the deal: Check #1009 that posted to our joint account for $96.00 was actually Check #1009 from Ray's individual account. He had written it last week for our football board dues, and when the teller at LaCap cashed it, she posted it to the wrong account. And while this mystery is solved, I am still marveling a little bit at the strange coincidence that the only check number that is outstanding in our joint account just so happens to the the same number as the only check that has ever been posted incorrectly (maybe the bank system has edits for not posting the same number to the same account more than once, who knows - who cares?). Some people would call this a sign. Maybe I'm supposed to resend a check to that graduate...

If I were Amber on Big Brother 8, I think I'd take this as God's way of telling me that on October 9th (10/09), I will try out for, and be selected to be on America's Next Top Model, and that I'm about to launch my career as a cover model for various fashion magazines - because I'm charismatic, outgoing and not as small as I look!



Hey, Amber: "What kind of love have you got? You should be home, but you’re not. A room full of noise and dangerous boys -still makes you thirsty and hot. Victim of love, now you’re a victim of love. What kind of love have you got? "



Editor's Note: Apologies for those of you who may not understand each and every reference in this post. I fully admit that it is one gigantic non sequitur. Out of the 8 people who may read this post, I'm thinking that there are possibly 3 who will get it all. And I'm sorry for all of the Latin.