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There is a law somewhere that states that it will rain during Farmers Market Saturday morning at Wiscon. It's doesn't matter that weather to that point has been crystal clear and unseasonably warm. It doesn't matter that no precip had been predicted initially for the entire week. It will rain on Farmers Market Saturday morning at Wiscon. It wouldn't be Wiscon otherwise.

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Got cash from hotel ATM upon arrival on Wednesday. No worries.

Tried to use my bank card to buy the bedding at Lands End yesterday. The charge would not go through. That has happened before--this card is touchy, for whatever reason. I figured I would take some money out of the ATM at some point to make sure eveything was OK, and go from there.

Checked balance via ATM this morning on the way out to the Farmers Market. I had money, which I knew. Tried to get some of it. No go.

So I go back up to the room, slightly upset. Phone bank. Turns out I should have told them I was going out of town--they put a lock on the card as soon as the first ATM charge went through.

OK. Unlocked card. No worries, except I checked the account as I was talking to the bank person, and found a point of service charge for an amount I did not recognize. A vendor I did not recognize. Ran a search. Hey, a UK clothing store. But I am not in the UK.

So. I had the bank cancel this card. I will need to file a police report, yadda yadda to get the money refunded. The hotel cashed a check for me, nice folks. I could have used the ATM--the bank rep wanted to give me time to get cash before she canceled the card--but I wanted the card canceled RIGHT THEN, so canceled it was.

Went to Farmers Market. I did buy some things--see previous rock--but my heart wasn't in it. Back at hotel now. Will work for a little while. Then comes my last panel. Then more work. Dinner at some point.

This sort of holiday excitement I could do without.

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Got cash from hotel ATM upon arrival on Wednesday. No worries.

Tried to use my bank card to buy the bedding at Lands End yesterday. The charge would not go through. That has happened before--this card is touchy, for whatever reason. I figured I would take some money out of the ATM at some point to make sure eveything was OK, and go from there.

Checked balance via ATM this morning on the way out to the Farmers Market. I had money, which I knew. Tried to get some of it. No go.

So I go back up to the room, slightly upset. Phone bank. Turns out I should have told them I was going out of town--they put a lock on the card as soon as the first ATM charge went through.

OK. Unlocked card. No worries, except I checked the account as I was talking to the bank person, and found a point of service charge for an amount I did not recognize. A vendor I did not recognize. Ran a search. Hey, a UK clothing store. But I am not in the UK.

So. I had the bank cancel this card. I will need to file a police report, yadda yadda to get the money refunded. The hotel cashed a check for me, nice folks. I could have used the ATM--the bank rep wanted to give me time to get cash before she canceled the card--but I wanted the card canceled RIGHT THEN, so canceled it was.

Went to Farmers Market. I did buy some things--see previous rock--but my heart wasn't in it. Back at hotel now. Will work for a little while. Then comes my last panel. Then more work. Dinner at some point.

This sort of holiday excitement I could do without.