Two weeks and two days it took to straighten out my credit card situation. TWO WEEKS!!! O.K. In fairness, some of it involved the postal strike in Canada. But to add insult to injury, once I got back to Newfoundland from Maine, some noncomp at Mastercard, who hadn't read her email for ten days, inactivated the card again!! A screaming, crying, hysterical call to their Help Desk got it taken care of immediately.
Lessons learned:
1. Use Visa when travelling abroad.
2. Be sure someone at home has your Power of Attorney.
3. Only use your debit card at banks.
As of today, I'm in Great Falls-Windsor, beginning my journey back down. Visited Campbello while waiting in Maine. Lots of music festivals are in my future.
Had my first Donair. Found The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larssen at a library book sale. It's perfect for murder mystery fans...a real page turner! Found more Newfie music CDs and am wearing them out. Hillier remains my favorite....he is SO talented.
I truly love it up here. The western side of Newfoundland is full of beautiful BIG panoramas. Folks are extrordinarily friendly and try to be helpful. Life is grounded in the pleasure of relationships with others..sometimes set to tunes. It's a trusting environment. My sobriety is blooming with emotions long buried. Joy is finding its way back into my life.
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