So I decided to take a bath...
I don't know why. I just did. As lousy as I've felt over the past month, I thought I'd relax this morning in the whirlpool tub. Hey, it's there...why not...
Relax. Yeah, right. In one simple motion of leaning upright on my elbows to get out and dry off, my left elbow managed to push right through the fiberglass of the tub. -Crack!- So, I had to sit there, doing my best to plug the hole with the palm of my hand while waiting for the water to drain out the drain.
Good grief. A couple of calls to my builder and a trip to Lowe's revealed that such happens more often with these tubs than they like to admit. Weak points in the manufacturing process or something. Whatever the case, the tub is out of commission until it can be repaired. Hopefully for free. But even if not, the repair is supposed to be cheap (and if it's not cheap, there's always the $7 tub fiberglass repair kit available at Lowe's).
In other news, I was $4 shy of the amount due for my student loan payment last month. I simply didn't think to update the amount to be paid in my online checking when the monthly amount due went up $4 last month. Unfortunately, I got a bill today stating that is actually claiming I am a full month behind. In other words...I'm not being told I'm $4 behind, but a couple of hundred dollars behind. Apparently, if my payment was only $4 shy, they count the ENTIRE bill delinquent....and now they, essentially, want me to pay the bill TWICE. I'll have to call them as soon as I get up in the morning and ask them..."What the crap is wrong with you people?" and hope that someone there can straighten this mess out quickly.
What a day. It wasn't all bad, by any means, but the 2 biggest standout happenings today were not good things. I hate drama like this. If it wasn't all happening to ME, I'd probably laugh it off...it is kinda funny...
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a day of resolution of the bad things from today.
One can hope, right?
Relax. Yeah, right. In one simple motion of leaning upright on my elbows to get out and dry off, my left elbow managed to push right through the fiberglass of the tub. -Crack!- So, I had to sit there, doing my best to plug the hole with the palm of my hand while waiting for the water to drain out the drain.
Good grief. A couple of calls to my builder and a trip to Lowe's revealed that such happens more often with these tubs than they like to admit. Weak points in the manufacturing process or something. Whatever the case, the tub is out of commission until it can be repaired. Hopefully for free. But even if not, the repair is supposed to be cheap (and if it's not cheap, there's always the $7 tub fiberglass repair kit available at Lowe's).
In other news, I was $4 shy of the amount due for my student loan payment last month. I simply didn't think to update the amount to be paid in my online checking when the monthly amount due went up $4 last month. Unfortunately, I got a bill today stating that is actually claiming I am a full month behind. In other words...I'm not being told I'm $4 behind, but a couple of hundred dollars behind. Apparently, if my payment was only $4 shy, they count the ENTIRE bill delinquent....and now they, essentially, want me to pay the bill TWICE. I'll have to call them as soon as I get up in the morning and ask them..."What the crap is wrong with you people?" and hope that someone there can straighten this mess out quickly.
What a day. It wasn't all bad, by any means, but the 2 biggest standout happenings today were not good things. I hate drama like this. If it wasn't all happening to ME, I'd probably laugh it off...it is kinda funny...
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a day of resolution of the bad things from today.
One can hope, right?
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