Geralyn Lucas, author of Why I Wore Lipstick is coming to our alumnae meeting next week! SOOO excited! So glad it's a night I can actually attend too now that classes have started.

That's awesome! The kick-off Courage Night is near me in LA, and I can't make it :( . I'm hoping I can make it to one of the Simon mall events next month. This is such a great project to be involved with!

All of our exec is invited to the NYC Courage Night in 2weeks which she will also be at and I'm equally excited for that too. Tho, I'm a little unsure of what to wear!! Perhaps a little pink? :)

I haven't bought new clothes or shoes in over 3 weeks. I think there might be something wrong with me.

The chapter I advise, Kappa Theta, wore "Think Pink" shirts for recruitment. They're hot pink with our logo on the front. I will be wearing that when I go.

Geralyn Lucas on the Today Show!

Nice mention of Zeta during her interview as well as a well put together video on her story. I will be at Courage Night this evening in NYC, wearing letters and passing out ribbons with NYC alumnae chapter. :)

My boyfriend and I might be moving to Mobile, Alabama before the end of the year. He currently works as an assistant manager for a local pawn shop chain and they're looking to expand and Mobile looks like the destination.

His boss is there today taking a look at everything so we should know by the end of the week if we have to move.

The company has agreed to pay all moving costs (U-haul, movers, deposit for our new apartment). But I like where we live and I don't want to move - even though this is a GREAT opportunity for him.

ARGH! :(

I wrote checks a few days ago for both my rent and my Burdines card. I mailed the rent check to my roommate's parents (they pay the mortgage on the house) and the credit card payment to Burdines.
Last night, my roomie's mom calls her and says, "So, I was laughing uncontrollably today when I opened the mail and saw that ZTAngel had sent me a check written to Burdines." Arghhhh...I accidently switched the checks. I was giving myself a pat on the back for sending my checks in early!
Luckily her mom thought it was funny. Burdines was a pain to deal with. I sat on the phone with someone from customer service for 20 minutes (she didn't speak English all that well) trying to explain what happened and how I accidently sent them the wrong check. I just wanted to know what they were going to do with the rent check I sent them.

Me: (explains the situation)
Customer Service: You sent us rent?
Me: No, I accidently sent you the rent check that was meant for my landlord. My landlord got y'alls check.
Customer Service: I see.
Me: I'm wondering what you will do with my rent check. Will you mail it back to me or will you shred it?
Customer Service: We cash it and your account will reflect a credit since you're paying over the amount that's owed.
Me: But you can't cash it. It's not written out to you.
Customer Service: Why would you not write a check out to us?
Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, her manager got on the phone and understood the situation perfectly. She assured me that people do this all the time and that I'm not a ditz. :) The check is being mailed back to me and I'll just run up to Burdines to pay my bill.

ZTAngel - gotta love offshoring all those customer service reps! I dealt with one the other day for Capital One - I almost bought a ticket to India to blow up their building. I couldn't understand ANYONE that got on the phone. And then the manager tells me, "all my employees speak perfect english." NO THEY DON'T!! I speak perfect english - you speak some foreign ebonics type of language that NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!! It made me so mad that I broke my phone because I threw it against the wall. Yes, I know I have a temper. I work in a staffing firm and if I can't understand you, you don't work for me. I'm sorry but if I can't understand you how in the world are my clients supposed to!?!

Ha ha. Try calling Linksys for help! Computer problems are frustrating enough but add to that a customer service agent that doesn't have a good understanding of English. :mad:

Cozumel
 

I've never been to Cancun, but we went to Cozumel on our honeymoon last year :) It was so much fun! There are a lot of resorts there, and a lot to do, if you like to do outdoorsy stuff and go shopping (who doesn't?). That would be a great place to go for Christmas! And it's warm!

thanks zetalady
 

for the info. we have decided not to go. just couldn't make it work.i am lucky enough to live in sw florida, so i do not have to excape the cold.thanks again. lisa

We received bad news yesterday...

One of my husband's good friends that he grew up with died in Iraq yesterday. He was in a bulldozer that fell into the Euphrates River.

I had the opportunity to meet him over the summer. He came and spent a weekend at our house a few weeks before he went over to Iraq. He even helped put up the bulletin board decorations in my classroom.

I didn't know him that well, but it's hit me hard (and even more so for my husband). I keep looking at my boards at work and thinking about him.

This was the second time he went to Iraq. He actually got out of the Marines after finishing his time, and volunteered to go back. I guess it was a part of God's plan, but it still makes it hard to take.

Please keep all of the men and women in Iraq in your thoughts and prayers.

My big sis' husband is over there for the second time, and another good friend is there as well.

It was my birthday yesterday and not one of my zeta sisters called to wish me a happy birthday. Gee thanks. :(

Happy Belated Birthday! I never remember to check the calendar thingy at th e bottom of the GC forums screen...sorry!