This is weird...

Calamity stuck, and then all was well with the world again.

I just encountered a freaking weird freak out moment, and randomly had everything fall into place.

I'm putting together some financial docs - tax season and all.  I decided I would get the current balance of my two 401(k) accounts to determine if I wanted to do some tax saving shifting of those into Roth dealys or something.  My modus operandi has been quit a company, leave the 401(k).  It's not a financial panther plan, just laziness.  So, for one, I can't remember my login details, so I can't see anything.  I never bothered updating my address, but the statements still get redirected here, so I had an idea of what I was looking at, just didn't remember the login information online.  The second one, I can't find my December 2010 statement, but I could find one from 2 years ago.  I register for online access, and pull up my account.  0 balance.  Now, it wasn't a ton of money, but a nice little chunk.  I start to panic. 

My ass been identity thefted!

(this was a 401(k) with an unscrupulous company that got caught up in the bailout crap - yes, I left before that started, and no, I wasn't in the division that almost brought the financial world to the stone age.  My next thought was:

Those turds stole my money to finance a cocaine and hooker fueled balloon ride!

So I decide to call.  I enter my information, and then get a recording saying "we have a problem with accessing your account, please try again during business hours" - this is weird as I called at 3:15pm.  I'm really panicking at this point, and decide to call my first 401(k) to go ahead and change my address.  I enter my information and it says:

"To access your evil company plan, press 1, to access the one you thought you were calling about, press 2".  So, it looks like my account changed hands, and I spaced on the notice.  Everything is fine, the account has actually done better than I remember the last time I checked.  Just what are the freaking odds that you lose thousands of dollars from one institution and blindly find it at another?

I'm kinda feeling lucky at the moment.  A friend of mine is on vacation in Vegas.  I told him put $100 on red and it hit.  Maybe it's time I bring up the girl/girl idea with my lady again!