Oh God! Having your card swallowed by the ATM is a horrible experience. I've seen it, but thank God I've never been in that situation. I'm glad you got the confirmation email and didn't have to go through more torture.
I didn't have a good day yesterday. I was getting money out for my mechanic. My car's horn wouldn't switch off. It was in perminent beep mode lol. I won't bore you with the details but my mechanic slipped out and disconnected it before my neighbours killed me! Today has been a better day. 😁
Holy heaven, I don't envy you, I know what it means to have a series of these bad events 😅