I Am Angry Today Because . . .

[cat in a bag]

I am annoyed because I have to dig out my birth certificate, marriage license, social security card, and 2 proofs of address to get my driver license renewed in person.

I am more annoyed because I have had no tickets or anything, and qualified to renew through the mail. And for that, only needed 2 proofs of address. The paperwork for renewing through the mail was kindly sent to me in January, which I then put up in a safe place and forgot all about.

 

[Out of Order]

I am annoyed because I have to dig out my birth certificate, marriage license, social security card, and 2 proofs of address to get my driver license renewed in person.

I am more annoyed because I have had no tickets or anything, and qualified to renew through the mail. And for that, only needed 2 proofs of address. The paperwork for renewing through the mail was kindly sent to me in January, which I then put up in a safe place and forgot all about.

Do you have to give a blood sample too, CAT?

 

[cat in a bag]

Do you have to give a blood sample too, CAT?

I will wear short sleeves, just in case.

I mean, doesn't it make more sense to need more proof if you're not standing directly in front of them? And what exactly do they need my social security card for? And my marriage license because my name is different than on my birth certificate...but it is the same name as on my drivers license, which they issued me! Just seems entirely overboard.

Even though there will be no testing involved, except maybe the vision test, I am just dreading doing it.

 

[Out of Order]

I will wear short sleeves, just in case.

I mean, doesn't it make more sense to need more proof if you're not standing directly in front of them? And what exactly do they need my social security card for? And my marriage license because my name is different than on my birth certificate...but it is the same name as on my drivers license, which they issued me! Just seems entirely overboard.

Even though there will be no testing involved, except maybe the vision test, I am just dreading doing it.

I feel bad for you, CAT. If your DMV is anything like ours here in NH, bring a book to read.....

 

[Moderator]

I am annoyed because I have to dig out my birth certificate, marriage license, social security card, and 2 proofs of address to get my driver license renewed in person.

I am more annoyed because I have had no tickets or anything, and qualified to renew through the mail. And for that, only needed 2 proofs of address. The paperwork for renewing through the mail was kindly sent to me in January, which I then put up in a safe place and forgot all about.

You can probably relate to this, Cat--don't read until you've got a few spare minutes as it will be long. I had forgotten I had to renew my driver's license last month but fortunately when I was cleaning up my desk came across the reminder postcard a week or so before it expired. No problem, just get my birth certificate or passport and go in (now that I'm past 60 I have to get my eyes examined every time I renew so no more on-line renewals). Looked in my file for my birth certificate and see it's not there so must be in my safe deposit box along with my passport. No problem, just go to the bank and get it. Nope. My safe deposit box key is not in my purse where I always keep it and I can't remember where my spare one is. Go to the bank and find out it's $150 to drill the lock so tell them to hold off until I can check about getting another birth certificate. Find out it would cost nearly $100 by the time all the fees are added up (I only paid $10!!!! the last time I needed a certified birth certificate), plus I would have to wait for them to send me a form in the mail to verify I'm legit and then another week or two to get the birth certificate after I returned that. After work my partner and I hunt through all my jewelry boxes as I vaguely remember having stored the spare in one of them. No luck but then my partner notices one of them has a tab that lifts out the insert and there's the spare underneath. Yay! Go in the next day--one day to spare now before license expires--and hand them my passport only to have the clerk tell me I don't need it because I did that the last time I renewed my license. Still haven't found my other safe deposit box key.

 

[cat in a bag]

I feel bad for you, CAT. If your DMV is anything like ours here in NH, bring a book to read.....

I will. It usually moves pretty quickly, but who knows how much things have changed since 4 years ago. All these rules sure have, when I changed over from a Nebraska license to Wyoming, all I needed was my birth certificate and my Nebraska license.

 

[cat in a bag]

You can probably relate to this, Cat--don't read until you've got a few spare minutes as it will be long. I had forgotten I had to renew my driver's license last month but fortunately when I was cleaning up my desk came across the reminder postcard a week or so before it expired. No problem, just get my birth certificate or passport and go in (now that I'm past 60 I have to get my eyes examined every time I renew so no more on-line renewals). Looked in my file for my birth certificate and see it's not there so must be in my safe deposit box along with my passport. No problem, just go to the bank and get it. Nope. My safe deposit box key is not in my purse where I always keep it and I can't remember where my spare one is. Go to the bank and find out it's $150 to drill the lock so tell them to hold off until I can check about getting another birth certificate. Find out it would cost nearly $100 by the time all the fees are added up (I only paid $10!!!! the last time I needed a certified birth certificate), plus I would have to wait for them to send me a form in the mail to verify I'm legit and then another week or two to get the birth certificate after I returned that. After work my partner and I hunt through all my jewelry boxes as I vaguely remember having stored the spare in one of them. No luck but then my partner notices one of them has a tab that lifts out the insert and there's the spare underneath. Yay! Go in the next day--one day to spare now before license expires--and hand them my passport only to have the clerk tell me I don't need it because I did that the last time I renewed my license. Still haven't found my other safe deposit box key.

Yep, can totally relate! Isn't that always the way it goes?

I better look for my stuff today. I am 99% sure it is all in our safe, and I can use my vehicle registration (know exactly where that is! In the car. ) and utility bill for proof of address. But I am pushing my luck, mine expires on Tues. Can't do it today, hubby has 1 more night shift and I don't want to try it with RJ in tow. So tomorrow it will be.

I did call last week to see if it was too late to send it through the mail and was told that I could, but would have to make sure to contact them for a temporary until they got my hard copy mailed back. Ok, good deal! But, I am out of checks to send the fee...(hardly use checks anymore at all, so was not high on my list of priorities to order more) and no place for debit card info on application so back to digging everything out for the in person experience.

 

[Moderator]

Yep, can totally relate! Isn't that always the way it goes?

I better look for my stuff today. I am 99% sure it is all in our safe, and I can use my vehicle registration (know exactly where that is! In the car. ) and utility bill for proof of address. But I am pushing my luck, mine expires on Tues. Can't do it today, hubby has 1 more night shift and I don't want to try it with RJ in tow. So tomorrow it will be.

I did call last week to see if it was too late to send it through the mail and was told that I could, but would have to make sure to contact them for a temporary until they got my hard copy mailed back. Ok, good deal! But, I am out of checks to send the fee...(hardly use checks anymore at all, so was not high on my list of priorities to order more) and no place for debit card info on application so back to digging everything out for the in person experience.

Good luck! Hope it all goes smoothly once you get there.

 

[Out of Order]

Women Rule: Leave sticky notes around the house when your driver's license is up for renewal......

 

[Spideyman]

Yep, can totally relate! Isn't that always the way it goes?

I better look for my stuff today. I am 99% sure it is all in our safe, and I can use my vehicle registration (know exactly where that is! In the car. ) and utility bill for proof of address. But I am pushing my luck, mine expires on Tues. Can't do it today, hubby has 1 more night shift and I don't want to try it with RJ in tow. So tomorrow it will be.

I did call last week to see if it was too late to send it through the mail and was told that I could, but would have to make sure to contact them for a temporary until they got my hard copy mailed back. Ok, good deal! But, I am out of checks to send the fee...(hardly use checks anymore at all, so was not high on my list of priorities to order more) and no place for debit card info on application so back to digging everything out for the in person experience.

Take RJ with you-- prior to his nap and meal. Nothing like an unhappy or crying child to get you to the head of the line. They just want you out of there.

 

[Out of Order]

Take RJ with you-- prior to his nap and meal. Nothing like an unhappy or crying child to get you to the head of the line. They just want you out of there.

Works in the grocery store and bank!!

 

[cat in a bag]

Good luck! Hope it all goes smoothly once you get there.

Thank you!

Take RJ with you-- prior to his nap and meal. Nothing like an unhappy or crying child to get you to the head of the line. They just want you out of there.

That is a most excellent idea. Not sure I'm brave enough to try it, though...they might decide to make me take all the tests in retaliation!

 

[Ebdim9th]

I can actually see my birth certificate from here ( not much else of relevance though, considering the tornado-blast mess my apartment always is)

 

[Blake]

I am because this patron at the library would not stop talking out loud, he had the 'World Book' encyclopaedia, with all the U.S Presidents, and he was going around asking, 'Hey, who was the second president,' I told him to have one of the free scones. Then he was talking about primates and asked me if I thought humans were related to apes. I asked him how many Presidents went to Yale. etc.

 

[blunthead]

I am annoyed because I have to dig out my birth certificate, marriage license, social security card, and 2 proofs of address to get my driver license renewed in person.

I am more annoyed because I have had no tickets or anything, and qualified to renew through the mail. And for that, only needed 2 proofs of address. The paperwork for renewing through the mail was kindly sent to me in January, which I then put up in a safe place and forgot all about.

That's insane.

 

[blunthead]

You can probably relate to this, Cat--don't read until you've got a few spare minutes as it will be long. I had forgotten I had to renew my driver's license last month but fortunately when I was cleaning up my desk came across the reminder postcard a week or so before it expired. No problem, just get my birth certificate or passport and go in (now that I'm past 60 I have to get my eyes examined every time I renew so no more on-line renewals). Looked in my file for my birth certificate and see it's not there so must be in my safe deposit box along with my passport. No problem, just go to the bank and get it. Nope. My safe deposit box key is not...where I always keep it and I can't remember where my spare one is. Go to the bank and find out it's $150 to drill the lock so tell them to hold off until I can check about getting another birth certificate. Find out it would cost nearly $100 by the time all the fees are added up (I only paid $10!!!! the last time I needed a certified birth certificate), plus I would have to wait for them to send me a form in the mail to verify I'm legit and then another week or two to get the birth certificate after I returned that. After work my partner and I hunt through all my jewelry boxes as I vaguely remember having stored the spare in one of them. No luck but then my partner notices one of them has a tab that lifts out the insert and there's the spare underneath. Yay! Go in the next day--one day to spare now before license expires--and hand them my passport only to have the clerk tell me I don't need it because I did that the last time I renewed my license. Still haven't found my other safe deposit box key.

First bold: Someone up there likes me because I often find such things at the last minute or second, and because after all is said and done I'm a conscientious person and God rewards that (best He can).

Second bold: I can't count the number of times in the last 10 years I've misplaced crucially important items. I never used to do that. I presume it's become a habit after all of these years, the result of psychological fatigue.

Third bold: A major pet peeve of mine is a government website, because I've yet to find one - and I've had to deal with plenty - which isn't misleading, difficult to navigate, up-to-date, and plain wrong.

 

[KingAHolic]

..... I had bad and/or stressful dreams last night and woke up in a depressed mood

 

[Spideyman]

..... I had bad and/or stressful dreams last night and woke up in a depressed mood

Sending some positive and cheer-up vibes your way.

 

[SusanNorton]

You can probably relate to this, Cat--don't read until you've got a few spare minutes as it will be long. I had forgotten I had to renew my driver's license last month but fortunately when I was cleaning up my desk came across the reminder postcard a week or so before it expired. No problem, just get my birth certificate or passport and go in (now that I'm past 60 I have to get my eyes examined every time I renew so no more on-line renewals). Looked in my file for my birth certificate and see it's not there so must be in my safe deposit box along with my passport. No problem, just go to the bank and get it. Nope. My safe deposit box key is not in my purse where I always keep it and I can't remember where my spare one is. Go to the bank and find out it's $150 to drill the lock so tell them to hold off until I can check about getting another birth certificate. Find out it would cost nearly $100 by the time all the fees are added up (I only paid $10!!!! the last time I needed a certified birth certificate), plus I would have to wait for them to send me a form in the mail to verify I'm legit and then another week or two to get the birth certificate after I returned that. After work my partner and I hunt through all my jewelry boxes as I vaguely remember having stored the spare in one of them. No luck but then my partner notices one of them has a tab that lifts out the insert and there's the spare underneath. Yay! Go in the next day--one day to spare now before license expires--and hand them my passport only to have the clerk tell me I don't need it because I did that the last time I renewed my license. Still haven't found my other safe deposit box key.

And this is a Public Service Announcement for those of you who use safe deposit boxes and live in coastal areas... During Hurricane Katrina, the water was so high in areas that safe deposit boxes were flooded and the contents ruined. Even if the boxes were high, the mold got to some things. Lots of people lost valuable documents. So, this is just a heads up!

 

[KingAHolic]

I can't seem to get caught up on my work from my vacation I took 2 weeks ago!