Well, last night I had to cancel my debit card. My Dad sent out a
message that the local police department had seen several instances
of skimmers being used at gas stations around town. I got gas
earlier this week so I decided to check my account. I noticed it
first in Mint as a few transactions at Wal-Mart in three different
towns on the same day I got gas, and then I verified it by logging
into my bank account. Following that I called my bank and canceled
my card. The lady said I would get a new one in the mail in the next
seven to ten days and I would also get a list of charges so I could
mark the ones that were fraudulent and get my money back. More than
anything I'm annoyed because I was finally starting to get used to my
card number and now I'm going to get a new one.
I was “lucky” in that whoever stole my card information only
spent around a hundred bucks, and that they spent it at Wal-Mart,
which I haven't been to in years so it stood out pretty clearly, even
if I hadn't noticed the different towns. I was also reminded that I
am paying for something at work that is supposed to monitor this sort
of thing and let me know when something happens. Maybe it requires a
certain amount to be spent in order to trigger suspicion.
Regardless, I'm going to have to look into the service and see if it
is really worth however much I'm spending on it.
Today it snowed. I think it was earlier this week that we got up to
the mid-70s, and today it snowed an inch. Weather is weird.
Around 12:30PM I packed up and headed over to my Mom's house to do
laundry. While that was happening I watched lecture videos and
worked on assignments and discussion posts. It took me several hours
but I managed to get everything done, which means I'm completely done
with the class, and that means I can move on with my life. I still
need to check back to get feedback on everything but I'm done with
the work stuff. Although I should probably still take notes on all
the lectures, but that can happen later.
Tonight I played a lot of You Must Build A Boat and started
watching Black Lagoon. I made it through the first season and
I am liking it so far. My favorite character is the bar owner who's
bar repeatedly gets destroyed.
It is now after midnight, and with the time change it is actually
after one o'clock, so I need to record my audio journal and go to
bed. Tomorrow is the day we'll find out if the newspaper spells my
name right. My fingers are crossed but I'm not holding my breath.
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