Well, about that power company mix-up. Last fall, my elderly neighbor across the street passed away. His house number is 3009. My house number is 3000. Someone at the power company mixed up the two numbers and entered the resident at 3000 as the deceased party. Thus, the bank drafts taken from my account to pay my monthly bill ceased, and yet power was still being consumed at my address without payments being made. I hadn't noticed the change because since they weren't drafting money out of my account any more, they also weren't sending me a bill, so that when I tallied my bills and bank statement for the past four months, everything matched up, and I simply didn't notice that a power bill was missing.
Yesterday, I got an automated phone call alerted the dweller of this residence that power was due to be turned off on February 27th due to nonpayment of bills! So, I was on the phone pronto straightening out the whole mess.
Now, I'm back among the living and have squared accounts with the power company. Lesson learned: make sure every utility is paid every single month.
