I have been inspired by a fellow blogger. That happens frequently, but this time I am going to act upon my inspiration. You all know Nilsa, right? She blogs over at SoMi Speaks and she is totally smart and funny and interesting. Anyway, every month she challenges herself to make a change to improve her life. After several months of reading about her challenges, I decided July 09 was my month to jump on the bandwagon.
See, I am a master at avoiding problems. I can close my eyes (figuratively) to any issue no matter how big or small. The problem is that when you do this enough, small issues become big ones. So I have promised myself that for every day I am going to tackle one problem or issue that I have been avoiding. This may sound simple, but when you avoid the way I do, fixing things is not always easy. However, by the end of the month I should have a better grip on my life and much short To Do List.
So day one, July 1st - Auto Insurance. Yeah. I started out with a doozy. I should have just organized a junk draw and eased myself into this project. But I took the bull by the horns and tackled a huge, multi-day, expensive project.
See, I have a truck that is unregistered and uninsured and currently sitting in my driveway. About a year ago the brakes went on the truck and at the time I didn't have the money to fix it so I took it out of service. I still have a car to drive daily and I didn't really need the truck. I was supposed to quickly decide if I was going to fix it or get rid of it. And now a year plus later, I have decided to fix the truck. So I need to re-register and re-insure the vehicle.
Do you know that insurance companies are pretty skeptical when you have let your insurance on vehicle expire and try to re-insure it? Like so skeptical that they try to deny you coverage although you have a PERFECT driving record. And do you know that once you contact the insurance company to address the issue and fix things, they contact the DMV and get your driver's license suspended because you have had a vehicle without insurance for a year? And the fact that vehicle has never been moved and is on private property is doesn't seem to matter to anyone. And it costs $200 to get you license off the suspended list.
So the mission for Day 2 is going to be a trip to local DMV to get my license off the suspended list, renew my license, which expired on June 30th and attempt to register the truck.
I will probably cry at some point. Pray for me.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
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13 comments:
You are my hero! good luck!
I wonder if it's a state law that insurance companies have to turn you in like that if you let insurance expire on a vehicle? Both ins. companies and the DMV always assume you're trying to get away with something or do something illegal. But, automatic suspension sounds like guilty until proven innocent.
Good luck dealing with all that crap.
Sounds like a real headache. DMV? uuugh.
Good luck and kudos for the challenge.
If you head there early you might luck out. They seem to be in a better move and there isn't a lot of people so the lines go fast. I just had to renew my license and I was in and out in less then five minutes. However I didn't run into the car problem so good luck!
I don't think it matters what state you live in, the DMV always sucks at life. Good luck dealing with that particular brand of headache today. Hope it goes as smoothly as possible!
Good Luck with the Insurance and DMV. You don't start off with the small stuff do you? LOL... That automatic suspension sounds totally insane.
Oh dear. Well, you could take the perspective that you're getting the worst task out of the way to start with, and everything else will be easy by comparison. Good luck!
You have my sympathies on dealing with the DMV. Hope it goes smoothly!
Faxing you vodka, STAT.
Wow, that is a BIG project!
I thought you could "garage" a vehicle and you'd be OK? I guess I thought wrong. Bummer.
Wow. Good luck with that, I would just go back to bed!
How did it go???
Holy batshit, Karen. You aren't messing around. I think it's awesome you're going to bang it out this month. Can't wait to read about your progress!
(And I hate that you're being punished for trying to do the right thing. Where the hell were the authorities over the past year when you really were doing something wrong?!?)
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