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Weird Banking

It seems as if I am cursed now that I have closed my Commerce Bank account. Well, I guess this just had good timing...
Matt and I finally got our re-embursement check from the hospital for our move and deposited it on Saturday so that we can pay some bills. Today I got a letter from our current bank (I'm not going to specify its name here) saying that two checks we deposited are on hold because they were too much money! I've never heard that one before, but I can certainly understand where they are coming from. They don't want to be liable for a check in a large amount if it doesn't clear. What I don't understand is why we have to wait another two weeks to get our money. Does it really take that long? Even more baffling is the fact that I was told that they wouldn't honor the checks right away simply because we don't have a long enough history with the bank and they were suspicious because we have had no other checks of that amount deposited to our account! I was worried about the whole bank history thing when I closed my account at Commerce... Really though, do they think we are forging payroll checks like the movie "Catch Me If You Can?"
Of course, I tried calling the bank when I got home to prove that we are not money launderers, but the Colorado branch couldn't help much and the Mission, KS branch where I could resolve everything was closed due to the time change. Arg! I guess Matt gets to figure this one out tomorrow on his precious day off! Anyway, the irony of the situation is that in this day and age where banks are struggling due to inflation, bad mortgages, etc, we can't get our bank to take our money! I find this hilarious! This is definitely a first for me!
Alright, enough about that. The other big news of the day is that Pongo passed his "interview" at Doggy Day Camp and he allowed to go back. He spent the day there on a trial run and now he's exhausted! I'm glad he got a little socialization in. He now has a place to go while we travel to our upcoming weddings. I like this place and was very pleased at how nice and knowledgeable the owner is. It is close to my work, but we probably won't send Pongo to daycare much since he only has to spend a few hours in his kennel per day. It's nice to have a place where he can go when we're gone and I know he will be out and playing all day instead of cooped up in a kennel. I know...we have a very spoiled puppy!

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Brennan Walter said…
i won't argue, that is one spoiled puppy...

See you in a few weeks/ days

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