Monday I woke up sick with the flu. Every day I feel worse than I did the day before. Except for having to make a trip to the post office, I spent the rest of the day in bed. The dogs are frustrated because I seem to be sleeping all day.

The trip to the post office was urgent. I was late mailing my painting to the Coast Guard Art Collection and I had to mail another letter to my mortgage company- Priority Mail with delivery confirmation.

I sent them a letter last month to stop the auto-payment withdrawal and sent a copy to my bank. I know they received the letter on the 21st because I received the delivery confirmation from the Post Office. They tried to draft the payment anyway, and when the bank did not honor the auto-draft, the mortgage company sent me a letter charging me a $25 "Bad Check" fee and said henceforth, I could only pay my mortgage with "Certified Funds". ????

I called and spoke to someone whose English was absolutely atrocious. I had to ask her to repeat herself several times, and she put me on hold so many times I feared I would loose my connection. They claim they did not get the letter until the 5th of March. Wrong! I am usually kind, but this was such a dead-end conversation that I hung up and wrote to the bank again. Maybe someone who speaks English will read the letters.

I included this moth's payment. What do you want to bet that they will claim my payment was late (not received before the 16th)and charge me another $57 late fee? That is why I mail nothing to them without delivery confirmation.

It's back to bed for me. I feel like absolute ****.