Now that I returned from Chicago, I had to take care of many things related to the theft of my wallet. First, I had to call the remaining credit card companies that I couldn't reach on Monday to close the accounts to new transactions. Then, I had to replace the documents I had kept in my wallet related to my driver's license, car registration and car insurance. Following that, I had to visit two banks to make sure that the correct cards were cancelled, and that new ones would be on order. For all of these tasks, I was glad to have my US Passport handy, as this would serve as government issued photo ID for every procedure that requires photo identification,
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I should feel more exhausted than I do right now. But I think I'm running on a steady flow of Adrenalin in my arteries. When I texted RQS, STX, and JTX, they told me that I accomplished a lot in a short day. In reality, one can accomplish a lot if one has a good plan. Although I'm good at doing things on the fly, it helped for me to write down a list of things to do before I started out for the day. This way, I would know how to adjust things when circumstances dictated a change in plans.
Just before I went to bed, I noticed that the fraud unit of American Express stopped payment on the wrong purchase. The thief made a bogus charge to Target, and I made a legitimate charge to the Frank Lloyd Wright trust, and the chargeback went to the wrong parties. So I called Amex at 2:00 am to get this fixed while I was awake enough to do so.
Monitoring both credit card charges and my credit reports will become a regular thing for the foreseeable future, especially when it's time for me to turn off credit freezes so that I can finance a car I plan to buy. The big question will be: What kind of car do I want and how much will I finance?
