As If a Sick Baby Weren’t Enough

Yes, Bridget is still sick. We went to the doctor yesterday where he verified that it was indeed most likely just a reaction to her Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination she had last week. He was very kind about it and didn’t make me feel like an idiot for bringing her in for something he told me was likely to happen.  She had another rough night but it wasn’t as bad as the night before. We tried to bring her to bed with us but she doesn’t really like that. She thinks our bed is where she gets to play, since the only time she goes there is usually on weekend mornings when she gets to go wake up Daddy. I guess that’s lucky for us - we’ll never have a problem getting her out of our bed. But last night would have been nicer if we could just comfort her immediately.  I woke up several times during the night to her crying but she always soothed herself back to sleep without me having to go in there. So yes, I was awakened several times but none of them for very long.

But apparently I did something to piss someone off in the karmic world because I logged on to my online banking today as I do every morning and discovered that someone had made a fraudulent charge to my Visa check card. I immediately called the bank who canceled my card and are issuing a new one. They can’t do much about the charge itself yet as it’s still showing pending but I got enough information to call Rent-@-Center, where the charge was made. Of course their corporate office, as you might expect, is completely unhelpful - “We don’t do anything with fraud claims here. You’ll have to call the store”- but at least I was able to narrow down to two the stores that it might be so I can call and hopefully sort it out before the charge posts for real.

Except of course now my card is dead. Does not work. Shut off.  No way to buy anything with it or get cash with it. And guess which other card holder in the family is out of town right now, for the rest of the week?  If you guessed Jake, give yourself five points.

So my choices for purchases now are a) use our credit card, or b) make a trip to a banking center with a sick baby, figure out how much cash I need between now and the day when my new card will arrive, and make a cash withdrawal. Neither of which are options I like, but I suppose it’s a good thing to have options. And since I have this sick baby, I probably shouldn’t be going anywhere anyway. Maybe it’s the universe’s way of telling me to stop shopping.

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