Something very unusual happened.
I am a optimist, I believe that good things happen to good people. I believe in God, and I believe that God provides for those in need. I believe there is a reason for everything, but that we may not always know the reason, and thats okay. I am a woman of faith, and love.
Phil, not so much. The times hes been shit on have really effected his outlook. He looks at obviously positive things with skepticism and always asks why. He believes good things should happen to good people, but usually dont. This makes me sad because when amazing things happen, he doesnt see them, he just waits for it to be taken away. Hes definitly one of those people that believes "If you dont expect anything, you cant be disapointed".
So, for the past few months, life has been really hard financially. We have hardly been able to make ends meet and our expenses keep piling up. Ive been praying hard. Not really for a miracle or anything, I just kept asking God to bless us with some security. Ive been asking him to knock me over the head with some answers and advice.
Any of my somewhat regular readers know that I have been researching ways to become a little more financially secure while being able to stay at home with Remington. Make money online, home businesses, going back to school. Ive even been seriously considering the stock market (ive always been a little lucky in areas of chance, makes me think im a wee bit psychic).
So today started out like any other day. I woke up with Phil and we both got ready for the day, he left for work and Remington and I planted our asses on the couch so I could give him his breakfast. I started a load of laundry and put Remi down for a nap. Decided my cold was getting worse and I deserved a nap too. I layed my head down on the couch and began to drift off with HGTV color splash in the background.
The doorbell rang. I was a little erked thinking the loud dongs would wake Remi and even more erked that my nap was over just when it started. It was the UPS man. I couldnt think of anything that I ordered. Id been getting packages from Dell, and figured it was something from them, or it was more likely a package from a relative that couldnt make it to the wedding. Im always excited to see the UPS man, they dont deliver bills, they just hand out goodies. So I skipped to the door and answered it. He handed me a cardboard envelope and said "Christina?" I said "yes" and he took off, I didnt even have to sign anything.
I immediatly knew it wasnt from Dell, and still thought it was something from a relative. Then I noticed it was sent with "Next Day Air". I send UPS packages regularly and I know that that is a very expensive way to ship, usually no less then $30.00.
Goodness, what could this be?
I didnt recognize the name, not at all, ive never heard of the sender before in my life, it was a very generic name. Something along the lines of John Smith, but not quite as common.
I ripped the perforation off and peeked inside, nothing but a little piece of paper in the very bottom. I pulled it out...and....omg, its a check.
I still dont know how to explain to you the utter shock and amazement along with disbelief and skepticism I was feeling.
There in my hands lay a check for the amount of $3,300.00....
I thought, this is some kind of joke. Its not real. Its got to be one of those gimmicks where a company sends you a check and its actually made out to them in your name and its only good if you send it to them and buy something, like a discount. Im an NRA member and they recently sent me a check for $400.00 I was excited until I realized it was written to them and that amount would be deducted from the cost of a lifetime membership if I sent it back. Anyways, I thought it was something along those lines....
I examined it until I was blue in the face.
Its written to me, yup thats my name, thats my address...
Its got the amount, its got routing numbers, a date written, a check number....
Its from the Bank of America, a water mark...
Its got a place for me to endorse it on the back and all the banking mumbo jumbo like "please do not write below this line" and the security information...
Shit, this is a real check...
One thing that didnt match up was the company that wrote the check was not the name of the person that sent the package...Thats not all that crazy though, I send out mail with my personal name on packages and inside is the companies name....
What would you do at this point if it was you???
Well, I started jumping for joy and thanking God on my hands and knees...
I called Phil and told him all about it, he was not excited at all, he thought it was a joke or some kind of scam. He told me to look the company up online...So I did.
Its a legitimate company, they work with the Government and do some kind of online service. Phil wanted me to call the company and ask why they sent me a check...
That, I absolutly refused to do. I didnt want to question this. If it was a mistake they obviously have billions of dollars that they dont know what to do with and im not going to bring this oversight to their attention...
Im gonna cash it!
So I scooped Remington up and went and showed Phil the check. I swear to God he was within inches of ripping it up. I begged him not to. He just saw this as trouble. He absolutly thinks bad things will happen bc of this money. "Just wait" he says all "you'll see, there are strings, there are always strings"...
Fuck that nonsense.
I dont know how this happened, who the person is or why...all I know is that this was God's doing and im not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
I went to the bank and deposited it, I tried to withdrawel it because Phil talked me into thinking this was some sort of scam and these people are gonna get all our money. So I took it to a bank I have an account with but dont use. However I couldnt withdrawel it yet because the banks policy is that they dont give cash back on out of state checks until they clear...
I seriously think it will clear, it looked like a perfectly good check, I dont know why it wouldnt...Phil doesnt think it will clear and thinks I should stop being so optimistic...You just wait, it will clear and we will have $3,300.00.
So what are your thoughts???
