This has not. been my day and it is not even half way done. I got a call from the fraud department of my bank. It was an automated call and came in on a line my phone didn’t recognize. It wanted me to give it my zip code and I hung up and called the bank direct.
The bank has changed to an automated system – I hate those things. What I wanted was the fraud department and it was not an option. I finally got connected to a person who had to ask me seven verification questions. When I finally could get to the point with her, she said the fraud department was a different department and she had no idea if they were trying to reach me. I kept at her and she finally transferred me to them.
Turns out the call had been legit but the charge they were questioning was legit too. They took the hold off my card and allowed the charge to go through. That whole process took over 30 minutes. Somethings are just not simple these days.
Decided to go to town to get my insurance taken care of. Got what I needed and made the slippery, treacherous trip down to the barn where my car is. The door to the barn had gotten locked accidentally. The key to the barn is in my car which is in the barn. I have a spare at the house so carefully walked back up. Couldn’t figure out which key it was so took all of them back down to the barn. Found the right one but it isn’t working. Not sure if there is ice in the lock or what. I’ll have to put some WD40 on it and try again.
I decided the universe was trying to tell me not to go to town so came back up to the house. When I do the chicken chores this afternoon I will take some WD40 down and try again. If that doesn’t work, I’m not sure what I will do.
I have had it up to my neck with problems with this house. Yesterday I got stuck and was rescued by my neighbors. Today I am locked out of the barn which has my car in it. Wonder what tomorrow will bring? Not sure I want to know!
I saw a post on Facebook yesterday from a kid that is looking for driveways and sidewalks to shovel. I am to text him at 3:35 today and I think he is coming out to shovel my driveway. It isn’t a long area but it is deep. With this cold wind, there is an icy, crispy layer on top. Not sure he will be able to remove it. Wanted to try to get it gone before the real cold weather comes in tonight and tomorrow. We shall see how this works out.
I took a nap yesterday which was a good thing as I didn’t sleep much again last night. I have been up since about 4:00. Maybe I will go back to bed and try this day again.
Enough with the issues with the house! I have reached my breaking point and can’t deal with any more right now. Even the beauty of the sunrise this morning did little to quiet my soul. I will take a nap and then put on my big girl panties and deal with it all. Just need a break for a hot minute or two!
Grateful I can put myself into time-out so I don’t cause harm to another human today, grateful I have the luxury of being able to stay home today, and grateful for the nap I see in my future.