whoever said "nothing good ever happened after midnight" didn't know what they were talking about
It's 3:00am & I feel like it's noon. Of course, that could have something to do with the fact that I only woke up at 1pm. :-P On Close to Home tonight, one of the attorneys was discussing the alibi of a murder suspect, & she made a remark about no one being awake at 12:30am to see him. I had to laugh. Hey, just because most people go to bed at a normal hour doesn't mean we all do. For some of us, 12:30am...or even 4am...is when we shine!Anyway, as soon as I got up, I had to make a couple phone calls. And I had to do it quickly because normal people who work at normal businesses go home at 5pm. I'd gotten an e-mail from Amazon.com--oh, sorry...allegedly from Amazon.com--saying that my bank had contacted them about a possible problem with unauthorized charges on my account & that my account would be suspended unless I verified my information within 48hrs. This is crap & yet another scam someone has cooked up to get personal information from people. Because A.) I hardly ever shop at Amazon, but when I do, I use a credit card; my bank wouldn't even know about purchases I made there, & B.) if there was such a problem, I would expect my bank or credit card company to contact me, either instead of or in addition to Amazon. So be warned folks...if you ever receive one of these, either delete it or call your bank & credit card company. No matter what, DO NOT respond to or click on any links provided in the e-mails until you know what's really going on. PayPal is another logo you'll see on this sort of thing...& it's not actually PayPal or Amazon, it's someone out there making things look so authentic, you just assume the message must be real. Since this is the first time I've gotten this type of thing with Amazon's name on it, I wanted to be sure it was a fraudulent claim, so I called both my credit card company & my bank. And sure enough, it was bogus.
After that, I spent a few hours working on promotional projects. Packing up bookmarks for conference goody bags...getting one of my website prizes ready to mail (Jennifer, if you're reading this, I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get your gifts to you, but they'll be on their way soon!)...writing copy for a couple of upcoming ads...& putting some website updates together. I'm really not good at this sort of thing, which is probably why I put it off for so long. :-p The Queen of Procrastination, that's me!
And then I started writing. This would be the part where I maintain that good things can happen after midnight, because my fingers have been flying over the keyboards all night. Even before midnight, but that's neither here nor there. :-) And I've got to get back to it before my muse gets bored & decides to go to bed. Not to mention, I made a cup of hot tea that's getting cold.
Nite, all! Or should I say Good Morning? :-D
