Check the check

Remember a couple weeks ago when I almost threw away that check for $300 that was sent to me from a bank I used to be long to? Actually, it was a bank account that I shared with my ex-wife and we both had our names on the check and I had to endorse it and then sent it off to her for her to endorse and deposit. Sadly and with great embarrassment I must confess that I addressed the envelope wrong and now the check is missing. I did follow up and there has been no record of that check being cashed so hopefully the US mail will return the letter to me eventually. I also had the thought that maybe the bank is already sent the check to the state of Utah to put in there dead check file. It's that place where unclaimed money and stuff goes to rest. What I got the letter in the first place they were saying that it has taking so long to track me down that it was almost on its way to the state. Hopefully I can run it down somewhere in the process.

Fortunately my local branch of this Credit Union is just up the street just a few stops on the bus. I mentioned this to my ex as we were discussing the last check and indicated that perhaps would be best if I were to go up in person and she said no because it's so hot. I think we topped off today around 97 degrees. She encouraged me to just call and see if we could do it all over the phone as far as helping track down the check. Of course when I tried to do that after wandering through four or five different telephone messages to get to where I wanted to go I ended up trying to visit with some nice little person from India or some other very Eastern local. And I hate to sound like the typical American old fart but I could not understand her hardly to save my life. And also her trying to do this long distance, I mean way long distance was kind of a joke as far as I was concerned. So I saddled up got and me and the chair headed out in the mid-afternoon. The heat was significant but not too bad I had a good hat on and I was fairly cool inside. I found a little bit of shade at the bus stop and only had to wait about 15 minutes before my bus came. I do admit I appreciated the air conditioning of the credit union when I  entered the building. Sorry to have to say that pretty much my attempt to find out information at the credit union was a feudal attempt at best. They basically said come back when you have the check in hand and we can start tracing it there from there. So once again everything is stopped and everything all depends on me. The stress is high. I guess I could actually contact the State and see if the credit union has delivered the check there. If nothing else it'll make me feel like I'm doing something…