My Motor Vehicle Administration DRAMA!

I have all my CAR mail sent to my mothers address..this has turned out to be an issue because I get my mail from there once every 3 months. It is given to me, or sent via my brother/his wife in a plastic grocery bag. The last mail drop was 2 weeks ago. In my plastic bag was 3 important mailings from the Motor Vehicle Administration (going forward known as MVA) that have been collecting dust at my mothers house for 3 months.

(1) A notice stating that my tags are suspended.
(2) A notice stating that my tags need to be renewed by the end of the month.
(3) A notice stating that I need to renew my drivers license.

This my friends is my MVA DRAMA!

It is the last day of the month. And a Monday. What else should I have expected??

I get there at 10:00. I get in the line for "Drivers License Information" I tell the clerk that I need to renew my drivers license. They give me a number. Number 124. I look at the number counter thingy. They are on number 4. Jesus!

Next, I go to the "Registration Information" line. There are like 10 crillion people ahead of me. I am like..there are a lot of people in the information line...well, guess what? I was in the wrong line..for like 15 minutes. Once I realized this, I get into the right line, with a good 40 people ahead of me.

I get to the clerk and I say..."I have an insurance violation..." (translation: I didn't pay my insurance, and they cancelled it, and they wouldn't reinstate it, so I had to go to another insurance company, and there was a period of 7 days that I was uninsured) ..."and I need to renew my tags." Well, after the clerk looked at me like I was the biggest piece of uninsured motorist shit in the world, she gave me a number to go to the "document review" station. My number..34. The number they were on? 12. So..after waiting to see the clerk, only to be informed that I am short on my paperwork, and I need to call my current insurance company and have them fax the proper documents to the clerk, OR..I can't renew my tags. SO. I spend $1.50 to call 411 from my cell phone, and I talk to them and they will fax the correct paper over. (This was not my fault, they sent me insufficient information the first time)

I go back over to the license station. They are on number 90 something. SO I WAIT, and WAIT, and WAIT. I notice this man staring at me. Like HARD. And I HATE THAT! So, he finally comes over and asks me if he can use my pen. He has a thick accent..and you know me...I give him that..whatever the fuck...look..like, you need a pen motherfucker? Right.
I give stalker guy my pen, and he never writes anything. so I say..give me back my pen..and he does. So I am sitting there, and they call my number. I go up, and I tell them proudly, that I have grown 2 inches since I was 15 years and 9 months old..which is when I got my learners. That puts me at 5'6 thank you very much. I mumble..everything else is the same... She said your address is the same? YES, I say. (even though I haven't lived there in 15 or more years..my moms address still) Eye test: Ahhhhh..I told you bitches I have perfect vision..LOL!..(previous post: "my "friends" and my men")
So, after forking over 30 bucks..I have a new license. My picture is fucking fabulous. I look like a mommacita with an afro. Whatever.

I turn around and bump into stalker guy. I think ...What the fuck..I may have even said it out loud. He was asking me something..and I am thinking..I am at MVA. This is not the time for this shit. Finally, I say in true Brenda sarcasm,... "what exactly do you want again?" LOL! He didn't get it. I didn't think he would. I kept walking, I was on an MVA mission.

I go back to the clerk to take care of my insurance violation..."mmm.mm.mmm." she says with attitude. This can't be good, I think. "$150.00, is your fine.." she says ..Okay, I think..I know this is only for 1 car..I slid under the radar for the other one ..I smile. I finally got over on fucking MVA! ..."per car.." she announces. SO..GET THIS..SHE GETS OUT A CALCULATOR. to add $150 x 2..oh boy, this is our tax dollars hard at work! SO, I get in line to pay my fine. I take a deep breath and write out my check. I feel a stalker lurking. I look over my shoulder, and there is stalker guy. He smiles at me. Christ. I roll my eyes at him. I ask him.."Don't you have anywhere to be?" He looks confused, but he leaves. Thank god.


I head over to tag renewal. This line is like 10 miles long. by this time, it is approaching 1:30. I feel like leaving at this point. But do I feel like doing this again anytime soon? My tags expire at midnight. I think..fuck it, I will just do this shit. So, I wait. in line. and then there is a break thru. There is an announcement that says, I can go to the managers office to renew my tags. I look for the managers office. There is no one in line. I go over there. They take my paperwork and disappear. I pay $128.00 for tag renewal. The lady comes back and tells me that she is done. That they will mail my stickers to me...to the address provided...my mothers. GREAT, I think.

I finally leave MVA at 2:15. Mission accomplished. Total amount spent: the better part of 450 goddamn dollars..but the good news?? I am no longer a MVA violation..I can feel free to speed about without any worries.