The Banking Crisis

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I've been trying to figure a few things out today.

One of them was the Iggy thing.

 He decided that under my desk is his toilet, so I built a little barricade. He hasn't broken through yet.

We also took him for a walk on a leash today, trying to find a place where he wanted to do his business. So far, he hasn't gone since this morning, barring a tiny accident in the studio, which he will remember as the time I freaked out at him and took him outside. And by taking him on a walk for a leash, I mean gently dragged him the ten meters across the street, put him on the grass and waited for five minutes. He doesn't like the leash. I didn't like the fact that this was an impromptu trip and about twenty people saw me in my pajama bottoms and an oversized T-shirt.

Then I found out that there's something called a Julius-K9 harness. It's interesting, since we can drag him around on a leash without onlookers accusing us of strangling him. They're pretty cheap and seem to be popular, since they get stocked in lots of colors. It's available in several sizes, Iggy being the tiniest possible size if not smaller. And then there's the possibility of removing the two labels with 'JULIUS-K9' and putting on other ones. Julius has lots of them, even in German, but the only one catering to hindered dogs is 'Caution - Deaf Dog'. But Amazon offered a link to someplace that makes custom labels, going up to 13 characters in four available colors. The problem is that 'NICHT ANFASSEN' fourteen characters is. There's English, but I want everyone to get it. The only thing that fits is either 'ÄNGSTLICH' or 'NICHT RÜHREN'. The last one is the most accurate, but it can also be read that I don't want people to stir my dog like a pot of soup. So I'm not sure yet.

I'm also looking for a German bank. The problem is that the banks with the most available withdrawal machines are bastards and the most helpful and seemingly affordable banks have very few ATMs, meaning they're expensive if I decide to withdraw money with my card in a different branch's machines. 5 euros a pop, usually. I don't like to withdraw lots of money at once, so I sort of need the availability. On the other hand, a German card works in 99% of all German stores, so I don't technically need to withdraw a lot of money.

The 'nice' bank also offers an online account, which seems to be very cheap, and a pre-paid credit card. That seems very interesting indeed, since you can't overdraw on it and your credit rating needs to be 'can afford 20 euros a year'.

I'm confused. I'll ask for help tomorrow.

Oh, and I should start figuring out when and how I'm going to go to Belgium to officially move at the end of September. I'll ask for help with that tomorrow, too.

And maybe we'll go to a pet store and buy a K9 harness.