Did you remember that today is Bubble Wrap Day?
I think the excitement over the fact that today is Bubble Wrap Day (BWD) got to some people. For example, I received an update on a credit card I thought defunct and canceled 5 years ago. It’s okay, there was a zero balance on it. Still, it was strange to be visited by the Ghost of Credit Cards Past and I blame the upcoming celebration of BWD for so confusing them that they forgot that account was buried a long time ago, causing them to send me notification of account changes. I have canceled the card again and will be receiving a copy of its cancellation in the mail. Hopefully this time it will remain in deceased. Zombie credit cards can be such a drag, don’t you think?
Then there was notification of a change in my financial aid awards. BWD has caused them to cancel one grant but replace the amount lost with more money poured into another grant. Then they added on to my student loans. Put it all together and it shows me gaining $2,000 in aid this current school year, yet I still owe the same amount out of pocket. I am confuzzled. Perhaps my brain, too, has been swathed with cushiony plastic on BWD? I will have to ponder this further and perhaps contact financial aid on Monday.
I feel like watching a horror movie now, which is odd because I’m quite chipper really, and not in a body-in-the- wood chippery kind of way. Hey, if I was rolled up in bubble wrap say 3 or 4 times around, how long do you think it would take for a knife-wielding maniac to be able to get to me? This is purely a matter of curiosity, not an actual strategic defense plan…
