No worries Spirit, you gave it the college try!

So, in the interests of - something - I am going to tell more of the RBC story.

My Husband went in to the bank on Wednesday, to see Marco, Marco insisted that one of us had to come in to deposit our U.S. draft that we had from closing our 'Borderless' account with our 'real' bank, the TD.

I told Marco I would not be coming in, just my Husband as we are quite busy, as he can imagine.....no problem.

So my Husband takes in:

- Bank Draft from TD - U.S. dollars.
- Print out from TD that we have closed our U.S. account and taken the money in a draft.
- Receipt from TD for the draft
- Our Borderless account bank statment from December (he wanted this, as mentioned earlier, I don't know what this proves).

One HOUR later Husband leaves the bank, we now have an RBC U.S. dollar account as well! The theory is:

- Deposit bank draft in RBC U.S. dollar account
- Draft clears in 5 days (he made a point of mentioning to my Husband that it would take 5 days - he even printed it out - the regulations - and showed it to him).
- We then transfer the money in to the Centura account, pick up our bank cards in Nebraska - all good.

Then Marco calls yesterday, I pick up the phone and he asks to speak to my Husband.

Slight glitch - they are going to hold your money for 15 days!!

Blah blah blah. Ok I'm furious at this point, so after the bank guy babbles on for several minutes I grab the phone from my Husband and hang up

So bank guy calls back and I answer, he says something like 'I don't know why the phone cut out like that but anyway....you didn't come in with your Husband yesterday, I didn't know you weren't going to come in?? -blah blah blah'.

That was when I lost my cool. I told him exactly how I felt about how he had handled this whole thing. I told him I needed to speak with the bank manager.

Long story short - I spoke with her yesterday and gave her a reference (bank manager) at our TD bank branch. She said to me (she is a very reasonable woman and I don't think she actually had the whole story before I spoke to her), that she is going to call our bank manager at TD (luckily I had her contact info as she wrote the bank letter we had to send with the affidavit of support).

According to the bank guy they are holding the money due to 'U.S. banking regulations'. Whether this is accurate or not I don't know at this point - they keep saying how we are new customers to RBC.

Anyway, RBC bank manager has left me voice mail to call her, so I guess I will and see what they have come up with.

This last 30 days of my 6 month wait for CSC is going to kill me, I just know it!!! I am already planning for calling the Senator's office and trying to gauge how long it takes them to get info back from USCIS. Think I have a negative attitude much?

The saga continues! This story gets more bizarre each day! I LOVE that you hung up on Marco. Keep us updated!

Me thinks Marco needs to be dealt with promptly....

Death by flagellation?

Holy ####!!!!!

I dragged Bee with me to the pharmacy today because it was my first time filling a prescription out and I wanted backup

So, for a bottle of sleep medication and one month of birth control... came to a hundred and sixty dollars. I just about had a heart attack at the counter.

Man, I will never, ever, ever get used to this health care stuff. *cries*

Run faster than Bee, get real tired and go to sleep. Problem solved. How much is heart medication BTW?

Seriously, go to the Mega-Lo Mart, they usually have a healthy discount on the most common medications.

exactly, one can goto target and probably walmart and Kmart and see their "cheap" drug list online!! I know target has their $4 prescription list online!! So print it off, see your dr, and see if he can find a suitable drug from that list!!

My clinical time right now is in a small clinic for people that have no insurance, thus many are very poor (and probably illegals, but I personally dont care, everyone deserves good medical help!!!!!) So us student Rn's see the patients, do the assessments and the Nurse practitioner sees them and if required prescribes meds!! She always tries to prescribe drugs on Targets $4 list, but thats not always possible. Best of luckl

Flames9 and Mumsie in agreement, has the earth stopped spinning on its axis? The rapture must be nigh. *realizes Flames9 feels sorry for poor Mumsie now that the Leafs are officially out of the playoffs *

Ok, quick bank update! Called manager back, she spoke with manager at TD - RBC has now cleared all funds. Called Centura, had all funds transferred to Centura account - no hold on funds

Now, our access cards should be in the mail, on their way to my Sister's house in Nebraska

Had to vent.

I just got my first full time job (yes, it's almost 3 years that I've been here, but that's a ###### for another day). This is really good for us, we're moving forward and will be able to get a house, etc.

So my MIL calls me up about the job interview, and I told her I got the job, and told her where it is (2 hours away), and the first thing out of her mouth is "Oh, I'm never going to see him now" (obviously meaning my hubby).

I can't believe her. It's always about her. She should be down on her knees every night thanking God and her lucky stars that I didn't insist that hubby and I live in Canada. (which I regret not doing)

Oh yeah one more thing:
a vent:

I now live in one of the world's richest countries, supposedly.
Why do we pay to use the roads?
(and it is expensive in areas)
No need to answer. I just wanted to vent. Thanks.

Send her a chill-pill. I've heard oleander pie works

Congrats on the job sister!!!!

Ugh. That is definitely a bad day, Catt. Pour yourself a glass of wine and relax by the fire (if you have one). Tomorrow's another day.