Welcome to the world, Baby Isaac!

Anne, I hope you and your furniture arrive safely.

Owen either has a bit of squirrel in his makeup or he's trying to take up wine-making.

Um, Check 21 (as it's called) doesn't affect how long a bank can take to credit your account. It just allows checks to be processed more quickly.

No, but IIRC they specifically declined to add measures that would ensure timely crediting to your account.

Okay, who has bogarted all the zen calm? I'm unaccountably edgy and unsettled today. To a significant degree, to the point where I'm itching to engage in really irresponsible behavior.

(Okay, I'm not normally a *zen calm* person, but I'm also not this exposed-nerve edgy today. What up with that?)

Om....om....om....

Since Check21, any check we write hits the bank much faster, but our deposited checks are credited the next day, no matter where they're from, instead of several days later. Mostly, it seems to be a benefit to us.

Timelies. I'm working. Really.

Owen's newest trick is hiding sippy cups and bottles in various areas throughout the house--preferrably in drawers. He then digs them out when my head is turned to drink the stale juice or sour milk still inside.

I'm now like the prison guard who has to count the spoons after lunch.

When I was a toddler my parents kept seeing me walking around with food each thought the other had given me. Eventually they discovered I was stashing part of my meals beneath the cushion of my highchair for later snacking purposes.

To be honest, I haven't really noticed a difference. But I've been pretty happy with my banks - I know my sister, who is with a bigger bank, has had trouble with this - looong holds on checks but no grace on the other side.

(My father's bank will take weeks to process a check if you listen to him - but he tends to use his bank to excuse a lot of things he doesn't want to do or to be questioned about, so it's hard to know what to believe.)

Remember Steph, the ferret is quick but the Earth is dust.

My father's bank will take weeks to process a check if you listen to him

Possible, if the safeguard exceptions come into play often -- e.g., he deposits large amounts or is frequently overdrawn.

Three weeks? I doubt any of those conditions apply, but like I said, it's hard to know with him.

Remember Steph, the ferret is quick but the Earth is dust.

I seriously think a glass of wine or a shot of whiskey would go a long way toward blunting this edginess. I do not, however, keep booze at the office.

Maybe I should go around asking my co-workers if they have booze. That's a good way to stay employed.