So we got our tax return of course, and so I finally have a car! Well it's our old car, because Gary will be driving the new one to work since it has better gas mileage, but I just mean I have a way out of the house now. The big problem is, I don't have a license!!!
It expired on my birthday last year, and I can't get a new Michigan one without my birth certificate. I tried to get my birth certificate, but they said they can't verify my identity online, so I have to send in identity documents....but my license is expired and I can't find my social security card for the first time ever, which I can't get a new one of without a license or birth certificate! What do I do??? There's very few solutions, but all of them are going to cost a lot of money. And yes we could have not gone out to dinner, and I could have not bought a couple of clearance winter shirts, and yes I could have not bought healthy food and some much needed clothes for Willow, to pay for it. But I did, and so now we are back to our pre-tax return budget and struggling to find the money and time to take care of all of this. Siggggghhhhhh.
The one saving grace is at least I can get to and from the bus stop with Maggie and Willow without being out in the elements, and for that I am truely grateful, as this is our 3rd? 4th? week under 20 degrees with many days below 10, and lows in the negative, and blowing snow and slick ice etc. So if nothing else, it is worth it for that, but I still can't really leave the house. /cry
The other big news is I finally got a new pair of glasses, and they are quite a departure from the style I've worn for 15 years now. They are chunky and nerdy and plastic, and for some reason I love them. But I won't get them for 2 weeks yet because they have to order my lenses (always.....)
Gary, who has never had glasses before, had to get them for the first time. He says it makes him feel old, but he got a really nice pair that look great on him. Like, ggrrrreat, and I don't think that is just because I am biased! I bought him an orange coat for V-day (lucky clearance! shh), and he had shaved, and was wearing his glasses when he was leaving this morning, and I almost pulled him back inside for fear that some other woman would kidnap him. ;p
My only other news is that Maggie is almost completely potty trained (she still can't hold it in the car, but that's okay) and that my eczema is worse than ever and nothing I do is helping. :'( I got that new cream from the doctor and despite being less red and a lot softer, the blisters are just as bad as ever and spreading at a slow but steady rate. It's really affecting my life. Can't sleep at night because it itches, can't walk sometimes because it hurts, much less run or exercise. Showering stings, sweating stings and makes it worse, just...ugh. I don't even know if you knew I had it, I just really needed to vent. Gary's heard it all, but I am just super down about it. That and the fatigue. Neither problem really seems to be responding to any solution I throw at it. Blegh!
How's your weight loss/health stuff going?
Laptop battery is about to die I just realized, so I'll be back later to "talk" more, hope you see this and I hope you have another post! :)
Love!
First step is to get birth certificate. Website and even mail in do not say they require your D.L. or SS card. They only want the numbers. It doesn't even say the card has to be current. They can look up any old number for you.
ReplyDeleteCourse if you don't even have a valid I.D. then you need to do that first. I.D.s are usually quite cheap 10$? Once you have I.D. it's easier.
If you can get birth cert and I.D SS will give you a new card. You may even be able to get a new card first without cert. If you can get I.D. and alternative I.D School ID card. A health insurance card because SS keeps birth cert on file.
Once you get new documents goto kinkos and have copies made and have them scanned to a flash drive. That way originals never need to leave a safe place, you have copies to give, and if you ever need to print more copies even if you don't have card your still able too.