Sometimes human beings make me so crazy I want to just bite one of them! The only problem with that is that it would undoubtedly be dad who I would bite (I couldn’t possibly bite mom for Pete’s sake). And if I did bite dad, he probably wouldn’t react too well to that and, well, I think I’d probably regret that action very much... but these two legged beings drive me crazy nonetheless!!Here they go to all this trouble to raise money for the school in Tortuguero and then have so much trouble getting it all there!
Here’s what happened:
Dad received the information about the bank that the school uses in Costa Rica but he was uncomfortable with sending a deposit directly to the bank for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which was that the banking information seemed incomplete, as did the address. Plus, he has never done an international deposit and was clueless as to any additional requirements that might be involved. That said, dad sent $3,200 to his friend at the Caribbean Conservation Corporation who promised to see that it all got to the school. Of that money, $2,600 was a check made out to CCC and the remaining $600 was from the backers of Sabrina (our adorable Long Island walker).
The $2,600 was deposited into the CCC account and transferred to the folks at the school without any problem. However, after much effort by Roxana at CCC in San Jose, Costa Rica, the remaining checks (all made out to the Tortuguero School) could not be deposited at all since the school’s "bank" is evidently a part of a larger account of which Toruguero is only one of many. Therefore, there is no account in the name of Tortuguero and no way to deposit the checks. (I am at a loss about all of this, but dad seems to get it, or he’s just lying and is as confused as I am).
Anyway, long story short, Roxana returned the checks to dad who returned them to Roxana on Long Island. Dad and I figured that the money was gone for good - that no matter how big the hearts of Sabrina’s backers, none of them would be understanding enough to simply write new checks.
“Oh ye of little faith.”
Sabrina must have used her amazing canine charms because every single one of her seven supporters went along with re-donating money and they sent a check made out to the Caribbean Conservation Corporation for $600. It has been sent to Roxana and will soon be on its way to the school.
Really, sometimes people just drive me nuts, but thanks to Sabrina and me, it all is going to work out just fine.
That’s it for now...
Tail wags and licks,
Bismark
