Loop De Loop

What a day. Today I had several errands to run. But I decided first that I needed to call Tullahoma's utilities, as my check had not cleared and I wanted to be sure that my lights wouldn't be turned out! I got a person to ask. She said that my account had been credited and told me the date...more than a week ago. I told her at this time that it hadn't cleared my account. She said that she would look into it. A little later she called me back and told me that not long after I called another customer called and their check hadn't cleared either. Both our checks had been issued from our banks/credit union...not the same institution. And, both out acounts had been credited on the same day. So the mystery continued. She had talked to another person and he hadn't been able to get to the solution. So she askedd me to call my Credit Union to make sure that it hadn't cleared and just wasn't showing up in mine. I doubted it, but I went on and called and found out that they couldn't see it in the last couple of weeks when this transaction took place. The Credit Union lady decided to pass me on to the Bill Pay person. I was put on hold, but after a while, I got disconnected. I knew that it wouldn't help to call back as I would have to explain ALL this again! So I called Tullahoma Utilities again and spoke with the same lady...I could get back to her because by this time we were on first name basis. I told her that for me to check it with the Credit Union that I probably needed to go in person, which I really didn't think was necessary as I really didn't think that it had anything to do with the Credit Union at this point. She told me not to go in and to let them look into it further. I got a call back from her a little later...they had tracked it to their bank and for some reason the the checks received on the day they received mine hadn't been processed through yet and should be in not too many days. What a mess...this started in the morning. I ran errands and it finished mid afternoon! What's so funny is that I am trying to track down why I still had money in my account...a mistake in my favor! I had to work awfully hard to help them figure out where my payment was...a payment that hadn't realized they were missing! I'm wondering how quickly it will clear my account now! More to come...perhaps? I ran my errands...one was to the Credit Union prior to knowing that the utility folk wanted me to check out things there. I found out something at the Credit Union, that I'm not very happy about...soon...no tellers and I will have to mess with those kiosks...rolling eyes big time. I like people better than machines! Our Bible study started up again tonight after last week's Fall break. Now I'm home and ready to relax and forget about my crazy day! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!