Z has always been a creature of habit. The Tuesday ritual when we first met was to frequent the Tuesday pizza buffet. Later on, we would get together to watch a favorite sci-fi show, etc., etc., etc.
Lately it is the $1.50 movie on Tuesday's, though recently the price was reduced to $1.00.
And lately I have been thinking about a poor lady at the church. She is a shut-in and lost her husband last year. She also just received an eviction notice. I was going to use my tithe to help her out, but I could not find the church directory for her information. And since it was to be an anonymous gift, I could not ask outright for her information either. I formulated a plan to get the information and knew it was forthcoming. In the meantime I called the bank for my balance. That was when I discovered my account balance was a total of $1.00. What is going on?!? I should have close to $1000.00!!! I called the automated line four times to make sure I heard it right, to see what had come through on the the account, and to see if there had been any holds placed against my balance by my creditors. I was too embarrassed to talk to a customer service rep, so I figured out how to set up the online banking, to view my transactions. All the transactions were correct and I found no mystery transactions.
Obviously this thwarted my plans. I called our daughter, who will be named MN for these purposes, and left her voice mail about the situation, asking her to refrain from writing checks until payday which is a week away. And wouldn't you know we needed gas for "The Big Honkin' Truck" and prices had gone from $3.09 that morning to $3.29.
I tried to IM Z to see how much cash he had on him but couldn't raise his attention. I finally decided to call, but didn't want to alarm him. I hate keeping stuff like this from him, but he didn't need to know until after work.
Later on I tried to touch base with MN to make sure she got my message. The call went to voice mail, so I just hung up. She called me right back though and the following ensued.
MN- "Hey! What's up?!"
A- "Just wanted to be sure you got my voice mail."
MN- "Yeah, I got it."
A- "Did you get the Mother's Day card I sent you?"
MN- "No, I haven't checked the mail."
A- "It was an e-card."
MN- "Oh, yes I got that one and I got the package you sent today. Thank you!"
A- "Your welcome. So- will you be OK 'til Tuesday?"
MN- "Yes, fine. Um, do you mind if I let you go? We are eating."
A- "No problem, I love you. Have a good evening." and going for the end button when I hear...
MN- "Wait!! Wait!!
A- "Yes?"
MN- "It's Tuesday. Why aren't you at the dollar movie?"
A- "BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE FREAKING DOLLAR IN MY BANK ACCOUNT!!"
She is MY daughter.
As it turns out, we will be OK until Tuesday. I don't know about the lady at church.
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