The alarm clock rang at 4am - we have to leave early to miss rush hour traffic - since we go through a two time changes on my way home. We planned to feed and water everyone, I had the car packed - and the kids in and we were off a little after 5. Unfortunately, when you wake the kids up to move them - they get goofy - so we spent the next thirty minutes in near terror at the prospect of three kids - goofy sleepy and giddy - not sleeping for the next ten hours.
Our fears were unfounded - once we hit the interstate adn I cranked up the country music - they were out. The drive up was great - we made good time until we hit Indy. Now let me say, the following was not my husbands fault - but the companies he was dealing with were just a cluster mess - and they have convinced my with theri stupidity that we never want to do business with them again.
He was supposed to be sent a check to a local office Thursday night - when he drove over, all the cashiers had gone, so he didn't get a check. Then they offered to wire the money to him. THat was great until we found out half way to Indiana that the money never made it. So option three was to stop in Indy, get a check and then find a way to deposit the money in our accounts - which are not in Indiana. I called our bank, got addresses for their local ATMs. We went to two fo hte four addresses - both machines were withdrawl only. Seriously, customer service gave us the wrong addresses. Wanting to avoid another wasted stop, I called them back - and the person confirmed that all locations in Indiana are withdrawl only. Great. So now we are onto plan number 4 - we go back to the bank on which the check is drawn, and here there is a bit of miscommunication ( caused by operating a vehicle for 9 hours after getting about 4 hours sleep) I suggested getting cash for immediate transfer - then a cashiers check for the bulk of the amount - since fees for wiring money are usually based on the amount of the transfer. All he heard was cashiers check - so that is what he came out with. We took a little detour (next paragraph) then we failed at two more attempts to wire the money. It was a hell of a thing which could have been avoided had the people way up option 1 actually cut the check.
THE DETOUR: A lovely girl I went to high school with met a man in Santorini, Greece and when they got married - they opened this little restaurant, Santorini's Greek Kitchen. And oh my gosh, he can COOK! We overspent - but indulged in a great meal, complete with gyros, dolmades, pastitsio, and galaktoboriko at the end. Made all the other money stuff less annoying.
They are celebrating their 5th year - and if you are ever in Indy - it is worth a stop.
Well, we got to the lake house, later than expected, but in one piece - there was no phone and no internet, but my brother was there and things were calm - so we settled in for the night.
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