Well, Lisa, Rene' and I went to meet with the assistant Circuit Attorney Mr. Ed Pistachio. Kathy Tofall was there too.
Not quite what I hoped for, but so far the evidence has been rendered inconclusive by the experts at the police lab. Inconclusive means Mr. Rodney A-Hole Lincoln will not walk out of jail.
One piece of damning evidence, which was my mom's fingernail scrapings, may have been destroyed long ago. The fingernail scrapings are essential because as I've said my mom lost 8 of her naturally long nails in the struggle with him. When they arrested him, he was scratched savagely over most of his torso.
The pig.
As soon as they confirm the fingernail scrapings have been destroyed they will deem this investigation over. I could then get on with my life. "You will need to wait a few more weeks," I was told.
I've already been through the worst, I guess I can make it a little while longer.
Thank God for Rene' and Lisa. I'm really blessed to have good friends.
Have you seen the commercials for identity theft? The commercials are funny until it happens to you.
I was the victim of credit card theft last week. $498.00 disappeared from my checking account last Thursday. I was livid. I couldn't figure out for the life of me who took that money. I tried to call my bank but it was after hours, and all I could do was phone banking.
I kept calling after hours. How frustating!
The weekend went by and we were pretty busy. When Jackie and I got sick on Wednesday I went to the bank to get money for our prescriptions and I noticed the money was back in our account.
I was pretty relieved so I let it go, figuring it was a bank snafu.
Last Friday I got a card in the mail from Eastbay saying that they couldn't complete my order. What? I've never placed an order with Eastbay because they're EXPENSIVE!
I called them and found out an order for $498.00 had been placed last week but the customer on the phone couldn't authenticate my card so Eastbay cancelled it.
"I'm gonna fix them good," I said.
"That's why we're not giving you the ship to address," the helpful Eastbay lady informed me.
Now, I'm steamed. Credit card theft? It's not even a real credit card. It's my debit Mastercard, for criminy.
I've been trying to call my bank all weekend but I can't seem to get through to a real person. As a preventative move I decided to take all the money out of the account.
This sucks. Now I will have to go to the bank to get my money until a new card comes in the mail.
Otherwise, it was a good weekend. Saturday we spent time with Lisa and Jake. It was good to catch up. Lisa and I talked about her relationship with Mr. Moody.
She said something that stuck with me:
"With Doug, I had a lot of dreams come true.." and she talked about the nice wedding, the dress and the reception. I guess I was sad that she got all of those things but was not so lucky in the relationship department. What's the use of a great wedding if the happily- ever-after isn't, well, happy?
I'm proud of her for going to Al-Anon meetings. I think it's good of her to be realistic about Doug's problem and it's also good to have support from other people.
Who knows, Lisa, you might make some good friends there.
Sunday Jackie and I went with Romy and Dax to the Macaroni Grill. That place is the bomb! The food is always fresh and delicious Italian food. It's also pretty reasonable price-wise. I think Lisa and I should take the kids. The kids are actually allowed to color on the table (a huge sheet of paper is placed on it) and the menu is kid friendly. What more could a mom want?
08:11 - Monday, Feb. 23, 2004
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