I also received my first check from accounts payable, reimbursing me for the expenses incurred during all the ridiculous travel I've been doing for the company. I have in my hands a check for approximately $1,037 in cold, hard cash -- or as cold as it can be on a bulk-printed check. The pity of it is that all my expenses are put on my American Express card. The aforementioned American Express balance is due on the 12th of each month, so I have to put that check into my account tomorrow. So, after all my gloating about how I don't have to go to the bank to deposit my paychecks, I now have to go to the bank because this particular batch of cash cannot be direct-deposited. Bleah, I say.
Once that money is safely nestled into my checking account I'll be hopping online and throwing every last cent of it at American Express, so I can pay them off on time and not incur AmEx-y wrath and/or late fees. The joys of having a charge card as opposed to a credit card! Ah well, I'm mostly just smugly pleased at not having to wait 45 days to get my reimbursement check, as seems to have been the norm the other times I did company travel. Paying out of my own pocket and then waiting for the company to get around to paying me back was, well, rather unpleasant. I'm doing everything in my power these days to make sure that situation never arises again, as I am not in the business of paying these high interest rates on behalf of my employer.
I've got a half hour before my weekly team meeting. I suppose I should sort out my office mail, pay my car insurance and check my voicemail. More updates later, as the day continues to drag on...
