hmm...

I have a story.

About a month and a half ago, I wrote a check to Sherry, the lady who is leading the missions trip. It was a large check. And because the church hadn't deposited all of my support money into my account, a kept a pretty close eye online to make sure I was okay not to short myself. But the check didn't clear...didn't clear...

Eventually, I emailed Sherry and asked her about it and she said she had cashed it. So she had the cash in her figurative pocket and it still hadn't come out of my account. Strange. So I started to get concerned that the bank might have made an error and taken it out of someone else's account. So I researched online trying to figure out the check number and asked Sherry to let me know what date she cashed it so that I could call the bank with all of the information.

Today I was looking online, because I had forgotten to write down the check number, and there it was: the check I had written supposedly cleared back on December 4. But I had checked super carefully, by check number, type of payment, and even the amount - (I don't usually write checks for $1940.00) - and it hadn't been there. So then I double checked my balance, and it was the same that it had been before. Nothing had changed.

Not knowing exactly what to think, I went back through all of my bank statements and sure enough, the numbers all added up perfectly. (When does that ever happen?). So now, I have this mysterious extra almost-$2000 in my bank account. And that is my story.

I am still going to call the bank. I'm paranoid.