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May. 27th, 2008 @ 01:15 pm Five Goals on a Tuesday
Goal for this past weekend: Have fun! After spending much of the weekend hanging out with friends, I'm ready to sit my bottom in front of the computer and relax with everything else.

The last week of school, then it's summer, summer, summer! So here goes.

1) I got hacked! My credit card info got taken (including said sacred security code). So I've spent the better part of today canceling the card and clearing up the charges (which luckily is not a big deal). Once I get new cards tomorrow, I can set up all my auto-charge stuff again.
How could something like this happen to someone as responsible as me, you ask. My best guess is a couple weeks ago when we went outlet shopping, one of the sales clerks made a copy of the card information as the fraudulent charges started the next day. They're all online, under a fake name, and for places like blockbuster.com. Goal: Always watch card when it's out of my hands in the future.

2) Buy envelopes to mail ARCs out in. But guess what - I can't do it today. I've got no credit card! (There's no better way to save money).

3) Work more on plotting for T2-KOS. I came up with some good stuff last week and plan to do more this week. Totally focusing on my MC's motivation right now. Then I plan to write all the plots out in columns and tie them together.

4) I'm getting a massage tomorrow - so long as I can come up with the cash to pay (once again - the no credit card thing). I do have a gift card which will cover the very large bulk of it.

5) Pray the current audiobook I'm listening to gets better. No, I won't name it, but I find it's gotten to the point where I can't stand the MC. I keep hoping she'll be redeemed here any second. It's third in a series, so I'm invested. I have faith in the author to make me like her again, but I'm praying it will happen soon.

Enjoy the weather! Watch your credit cards! And do something fun!

Happy week ahead!
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From:[info]kbaccellia
Date: May 27th, 2008 07:06 pm (UTC)
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OMG. This same thing happened to my younger sister! It was a nightmare. I try to only keep my debit card in my wallet and leave the mastercard at home. But this one restaurant tried something similar to us and instead of a $44 dollar bill they added a zero at the end. I complained and found out the restaurant had done the same thing to other people. Not much later they went out of business. It's so scary.

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From:[info]pjhoover
Date: May 27th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
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Yep - scary and eye opening, Kim. And I'll say the credit cards companies are really great to deal with when this happens.

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From:[info]laurasmagicday
Date: May 28th, 2008 12:37 am (UTC)
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Glad you had such a great weekend! So sorry to hear about the whole CC thing. Hang in there. Well done, you for staying on top of it all. Hope it gets all settled soon. Here in Napa Robert Mondavi just passed away. It's been a big deal. He died in his 90s and the paper said that he lived to a ripe old age because he did three things every day: hiked, got a massage and drank wine in moderation. Have a great massage....
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From:[info]pjhoover
Date: May 28th, 2008 01:50 am (UTC)
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Wow, a massage every day! I used to think this would be bliss, but frankly, right now, I can't imagine investing the time in it. Is that pathetic???
Every day? Maybe daily wine is the way to live!
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From:[info]laurasmagicday
Date: May 28th, 2008 07:13 pm (UTC)
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Yes, yes. Daily wine much easier and much less expensive. I guess you have to be a wine mogul to be able to devote the time/resources to the daily massage. Or maybe be married to a masseuse:)

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