Am I Being Punked AGAIN?!
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This was the look on my face as I sat across from the most patient woman on the planet as she tried to issue my son and I a military ID, which should have taken 30 minutes tops but instead, took 3 1/2 hours. Let me back up.
So, I have been married to the Professor going on 5 years now and we have just now addressed that I needed a military ID as well as my children and his children. Well, the first time I tried to go with everyone, I had to work and so did my son so my daughter and two stepsons got there’s without issue.
Attempt number 2 failed because I got wrapped up in a, “I don’t quite remember all of the directions/paperwork required to get my license having driven over an hour to an out of the way city to get her license and was turned away, she freaked out, etc.” So, I spent 4 1/2 hours of my life driving from my town to the out of the way town so the wait wasn’t as bad, found out we didn’t have what we needed, drove back to my town, got the paperwork, drove back to the out of the way town, and got her license in less than 15 seconds. Was I pissed . . . oh, you’re damn skippy I was! Good news though, my stepdaughter got her ID that day which left just me and my son without one.
Attempt number 3, we didn’t have all the paperwork we needed, blame the Professor.
Attempt number 4 and I tell the Professor that if this 4th attempt fails, I quit and I don’t want my damn military ID. So, we make the appointment well before I had OT kids to see for therapy in the afternoon so I think, “This will be cake as we now have all of the paperwork, my son is in tow, and we have plenty of time.” Hardy har har har, y’all.
In the 3 1/2 hours we sat there we ran into, computer error code 46, having to scan our paperwork in not once, not twice, but 12 times, there was a phone call made to the help desk because of error code 46, this was at the hour 1 1/2 mark, stayed on the phone with the dude for 1/2 hour only to have him hang up on her by accident, tried to figure it out on another person in the office’s computer, no go, called help desk back, was put on hold, we are at the 2 1/2 hour mark now, had to scan in everything again, put on hold again for 20 minutes, scanned everything in AGAIN, finally the help desk fixed everything, got our picture taken and our id’s, and it is a miracle I did not take someone out. I was fried, pissed, and had to move an OT kid to another day because of this fiasco!
It gets better . . .
Well, the washer and dryer needed to be replaced so the Professor and I went to Lowe’s yesterday to take advantage of the President’s Day sale and got a great deal on a Maytag brand washer and dryer. The store we were at didn’t have them so they suggested we go online and order them from another store up North down the road from us. I did as instructed and because of a new computer system that the Lowe’s employees all seem to loathe, none of the Lowe’s know where our washer and dryer are or if and when they will be delivered as promised. In the meantime, the Professor has clothes strewn out on the back porch because he was the unfortunate victim of wet clothes stuck in a washer that decided to up and die for 2 days. The stench is awful but the silly Professor doesn’t seem to realize that he can temporarily borrow someone’s washer and dryer to fix this issue. No, he just likes strewning his clothes all over and complaining.
He spearheaded the washer and dryer issue and says he will have a definitive answer tomorrow afternoon supposedly . . . I won’t hold my breath. In the meantime, I am wearing OT shirts from long ago and they don’t exactly fit like they used to because of my two boobs who decided to get big and stay big. Not fun at all, y’all.
However, I will be visiting my mom if things get any worse asking to borrow her laundry facilities because I am a problem solver and don’t like form fitting clothing if you know what I mean.
Most days go well with little ‘issue’ but somedays, all the crap hits the fan and just wears my ass out. I know I am not alone, like I always say, but man it sux. Y’all hang in there!!
Love y’all!!
