Gigantic Messes

Today's Theme: Quagmires, Messes, Disasters, Morasses, etc.

Number one: I found out on Friday that my paycheck bounced. That's right, my paycheck. From the organization with a few million in the bank. Yeah, it was the bank's fault. Some confusion over account numbers. They got it fixed yesterday, but in the mean time, I got overdraft notices and charges. Luckily, they reimbursed me (the bank is reimbursing them). Today, I went to the bank to drop off the new checks in person. I'm not withdrawing or writing any checks until I can see the money credited. What a hassle. I'm glad it's over.

Number two: Due to my obsessive nerdiness, I've been keeping a timeline as I read the book on British history. It gets really complicated in the 1400s, when a few gazillion different people tried to become king. In a series of events called the Wars of the Roses, these different families argued about who was more related to an old dead former king. And it makes it virtually impossible to keep everyone straight. Today, I actually made a kind of geneaology chart. I had out about 5 encyclopedias and I found myself googling various Henrys and Edwards. A sad, sad day in my life....

Number three: The Bush administration now says that the Iraq insurgency could last up to TWELVE more years. They also say the insurgency is in its "last throes" Which is it, I wonder? My mom suggested that maybe 12 years is how long it will take before we can get all of Iraq's oil....