During one of my breaks today, I called to inquire about my checking account balance, and the automated voice at the other end of the line said, “Zero dollars. . .and zero cents.”

Crap.

That hasn’t happened for a while now. The good news is that I’m not overdrawn, thanks to the Overdraft Protection Thingy that I have. But I thought it would be good to find out more information when I got home.

So now that I’m home, I just logged into my account online, and saw I had an emergency savings account I’d forgotten about, which is where my Overdraft Protection Thingy comes from. (I haven’t been overdrawn in a long time, so I’d forgotten about it.) That account has $200 in it now! I had no idea. So I transferred $50 over, to get me by for the next few days, and left the rest in there to keep saving my butt in the future. This means I can get gas. And food.

Yay!