(Sorry, no photos to go with this story.)
When you are coming down here for almost 6 months, the lists that are made are endless. What to pack? What are the foods you can't get down here? Is the computer cleaned up, updated and packed? I thought we were set and everything has been going very well, that is until Friday.
On Friday we went to do some shopping at Walmart, and my bank ATM card was rejected. Dan had to pay for my purchases. (out of the same account I might add?) So of course I was muttering @#$%&* stupid Walmart. I still had grocery shopping to do, so off we went to H.E.B. I filled my cart and proceeded to the check out, only to have my bank card rejected again. Dan again had to pay for my purchases. So, this time I'm muttering @#$%&* stupid bank. Now, after putting all the groceries away I got on the phone to my bank.
After a lengthy call, the girl I was speaking to could find no problem with my account and said she would have to forward my information to IT and they would call me back. So there I sat, staring at my bank card wondering what could be wrong, when I suddenly noticed the expiry date on my card was 02/16. dah!
If we were at home, my new card would have arrived in the mail and that would have been the first I realized that the expiry date was approaching. But, being down in Texas, my new bank card is sitting in a huge pile of mail accumulating on my dining room table and I was not triggered to look at the approaching expiry.
Oh well, no real harm done, I have called my daughter (who has a key to our condo and takes care of that accumulating mail) and she is going to mail my new card down to me. I'm just glad I was able to catch her at home before she leaves on her own winter holiday.
When I get home I think I will see if we can't have the expiry dates on all out cards changed to the summer months, when we are in Canada so that this does not occur again.
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
