the one in which i dont get the Wii, but someone using my atm card does...

this morning i woke up excited at the prospect of looking at new houses. our house is officially on the market, and since the market sucks there is alot more in our price range now. things we couldnt have afforded this time last year are suddenly affordable. yay us! i was feeling pretty good. we got out of bed and readied the house for the cleaning ladies and were about to head out the door when the phone rang.

a quick peak at the caller id let me know it was my bank - hmm thats strange at 8:30am i thought. the call went something like this:

bank: hello, is mrs. so and so there?
me: this is mrs. so and so
bank: i am calling from the fraud department from your bank about some suspicious activity on your atm card.
me: umm (mind racing trying to remember where my wallet was)
me: gulp (swallowing a mouth full of vomit as i realize i tucked it away for safe keeping in my glove compartment last night before we walked into the store to pick up a gagillion things at a local warehouse club)
bank: specifically i am wondering if we should authorize a payment to SuperWal.Mart in the amount of $253.96?
me: umm, no - you shouldnt authorize that.
bank: would you like us to cancel your atm card and issue you a new one
me: yes

the whole time in the background j. is saying - where is your wallet? i will grab it for you. umm, hello - my wallet was stolen. to which j. replies, did you leave it in the car? the glove compartment was open this morning. um yes, i say, did you leave the car unlocked last night? yes he replies. ugh!!

so about 1503 calls later (the first one to the realtor to postpone our parade of homes today) all my credit cards are cancelled along with my cell phone, drivers license, warehouse club cards, hospital volunteer badge, library cards for f. and i, health insurance cards for me and the boys, etc. the good news is that i only had to scream "speak to a live person" into the stupid phone tree thingies about 3254 times.

so with police report number in hand it occurs to me, hmm, thats about how much i was saving to spend on a Wii this fall - hope the asshats are enjoying my new Wii. i really do hope that they enjoyed the slushy at Royal F.arms along with a full tank of gas. i also hope the mf'ers get caught using my cards and enjoy three squares a day in our local lock up.