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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Color me pissed
I don't even know what color that would be, but whatever.
So the same day my sister gets a refund from her bank for getting hosed on a 'trial offer' that lasts about I wanna say 20 seconds, I log in at my bank and find a charge for $69.95. For what, you may ask. Well, let me tell you. It was a trial offer for a federal grant database.
I did the trial offer on 7/28, and on 8/5 I took the hit. I promptly called my bank's fraud division. You see, several days ago I relocated the site and attempted to cancel any further charges. Every link I clicked was dead.
Today, this. The fraud department was very helpful. They put the money right back.
So, word to the wise.
http://www.mysearch4grantsandfunding.com/
http://www.thegrantexpress.com/
Both URLs were given me by the customer service person that I was actually able to track down after I spoke to the bank. Both are useless.
The actual link that I finally located to use phone service to cancel was
https://grantexpress.secureauthority1.com/
How the HELL would anybody even find it?? That's not even the name the actual customer service rep gave me!
Oy.
So the same day my sister gets a refund from her bank for getting hosed on a 'trial offer' that lasts about I wanna say 20 seconds, I log in at my bank and find a charge for $69.95. For what, you may ask. Well, let me tell you. It was a trial offer for a federal grant database.
I did the trial offer on 7/28, and on 8/5 I took the hit. I promptly called my bank's fraud division. You see, several days ago I relocated the site and attempted to cancel any further charges. Every link I clicked was dead.
Today, this. The fraud department was very helpful. They put the money right back.
So, word to the wise.
http://www.mysearch4grantsandfunding.com/
http://www.thegrantexpress.com/
Both URLs were given me by the customer service person that I was actually able to track down after I spoke to the bank. Both are useless.
The actual link that I finally located to use phone service to cancel was
https://grantexpress.secureauthority1.com/
How the HELL would anybody even find it?? That's not even the name the actual customer service rep gave me!
Oy.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Kathi
The missing sister. Haven't seen her since 1987 but she does drop into my dreams at times.
Last night was one of those times. We were trying to talk to my mom, who was her old self. Bitchy. Angry, hurtful, hateful. She wouldn't look at us so we didn't know which one she never wanted to see again. She said it was Kathi. Kathi was trying to talk to her, about how she was making every effort to be as invisible as possible. Never coming downstairs, not even to eat. She was starving.
I was trying to go to bat for her but it was no use. By the end of the dream Kathi was planning how she'd be gone. Once her child was born she'd be giving it to me to raise, and we'd never have to see her again.
I woke up very sad.
Last night was one of those times. We were trying to talk to my mom, who was her old self. Bitchy. Angry, hurtful, hateful. She wouldn't look at us so we didn't know which one she never wanted to see again. She said it was Kathi. Kathi was trying to talk to her, about how she was making every effort to be as invisible as possible. Never coming downstairs, not even to eat. She was starving.
I was trying to go to bat for her but it was no use. By the end of the dream Kathi was planning how she'd be gone. Once her child was born she'd be giving it to me to raise, and we'd never have to see her again.
I woke up very sad.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
I finally get it
Last night, I had a dream about Tawnja. She was really stressed. She and James were no longer together, and she was working a job that I thought was admin, but no. She was wearing glasses and working on whatever - calculus. She said 'yeah, I've just sort of always had a gift for it. You didn't know that?' I said no.
When I finally got through the little wall she had going, she sighed and lay down alongside me, I was holding her like we were lovers and we were talking like old times. I'm misting up just typing this now. We trusted and loved each other. And I woke up thinking Tawnja. Be safe, be happy. Be safe, be happy. Be safe, be happy.
I think I dreamed who she'd be if she had had any kind of a shot, as opposed to two mentally ill parents, and a brain damage-inducing injury when she was just a child. And the bottom line is, I just want her to be happy, and at peace.
When I finally got through the little wall she had going, she sighed and lay down alongside me, I was holding her like we were lovers and we were talking like old times. I'm misting up just typing this now. We trusted and loved each other. And I woke up thinking Tawnja. Be safe, be happy. Be safe, be happy. Be safe, be happy.
I think I dreamed who she'd be if she had had any kind of a shot, as opposed to two mentally ill parents, and a brain damage-inducing injury when she was just a child. And the bottom line is, I just want her to be happy, and at peace.
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