today was almost productive.

So, I'd had enough this week when I tried to call Bank of America with a simple question and they asked me about everything they possibly could to "verify" me and then they said "oh, sorry, we can't VERIFY you" and I couldn't find out exactly what I needed to know. Oh, and it took me 15 minutes to get to a live person who I could ask said question. Not to mention how they stole the keep the change idea from a guy in West Palm, etc etc so I said, "Mirko, I am finished," and we opened an account at Achieva Credit Union this morning. When we opened our joint account at Bank of America, we waited for over an hour to see someone. Today? We waited 5 minutes at Achieva. Opened the account with no issues, except they had problems verifying me because my last name changed recently, our zip code is South Pasadena but Saint Pete and Gulfport also use this zip code and their verification system uses Saint Pete and not the other two. THEN, they couldn't verify my birth date. Uh, what!? My birth certificate says November 12, 1986, so I don't know what that is about. Anyway, found out my credit score is 655 which was way better than I expected. (So much for it being a closely guarded secret...they told me without charging! :o) Then we went looking for apartments. The Columns of East Bay are too expensive, but no one is ever at the office when we go there, so I'm done. This one place we liked is 1000 a month but if we move in during July we can take advantage of their move in special getting a month free ... it's a nice place, and a lot closer to everything - with a washer/dryer in the unit with cable included. Some of the other places were cheaper but without the washer/dryer and NOTHING included. So I'm not sure what we're going to do...not to mention we wanted to go visit my family in July. Anyway, I'm about 1/3 done with my mom's Ariel Scarf knit out of alpaca. Purple alpaca. No pictures yet, but it isn't much to look at since it's curling due to being stockinette based. After blocking, I think she'll love it. I also ordered some Knitpicks' Palette to attempt to knit socks out of (I finished one sock. The bind off was too tight and can't get it over my ankle. YUCK.), but I didn't tell my husband shh. Only 18.50 total though...but money is tight and I'm impulsive. OH! Mirko took me to Tampa for Peruvian chicken! So good. AND ALFAJORES! Speaking of which, I have to go finish mine. :D