How Do You Ruin a Perfectly Good Day?

Contact the DMV!

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Today started off well. The rain had stopped, and the sun started peeking through the clouds. I felt energetic and made my way to the gym. 

When I came home for lunch, everything started going downhill. My husband told me that we never received the new vehicle registration for one of our cars. Since it was registered in my name, he asked me to contact the New York State DMV and get a copy. This sent shutters down my spine. Contacting the DMV is like running full speed into a brick wall!

I got onto my laptop and pulled up the DMV site. I logged in, and naturally, it said, “Incorrect user name or password.” Okay, I’ll say I forgot my password. Good. That didn’t take long. Finally, I was able to sign in.

All of my personal information, including my phone number and address, was correct. Great, I’m back in business. Now I have to check my registration. I click on “Vehicles,” and guess what? According to the DMV, I don’t have any cars! 

Then I remembered I had this same problem two years ago with the same registration. At that time, they discovered I had two DMV accounts, one with my middle name spelled out and the other with just my middle initial. The DMV representative told me she would merge the two accounts so I wouldn’t lose any information. Well, apparently, that never happened.

Now, I have to start all over with the same bullshit. There is no way to address the problem using the website, so I have to call. Calling the DMV could take years! After several unsuccessful attempts, I realized today is Veterans Day, and the office is closed! Oh great, tomorrow’s ruined too.

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Some Days I Hate Technology,

 

Today was one of those days

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I love technology because it usually makes my life easier. I have to love technology because my husband is a technology geek who has turned our home into a Smart Home. I can turn everything on with Alexa’s help and clean my floors with a robotic vacuum cleaner. A robot even mows my lawn. And, of course, I couldn’t live without my MacBook.

Today, however, was one of those days when I was not too fond of technology. A few weeks ago, I had a problem with my laptop continually crashing while I was trying to work. The problem went away as mysteriously as it began. This morning, I was on Medium and was not experiencing any problems.

I have been having a problem trying to link a customs domain that I own to a Blogger site I use. Even though I own the domain, I don’t use it for anything. I thought I might as well connect it to my Blogspot site. Following instructions I received from Blogger and my domain server, Ionos, I managed to screw everything up. I thought this afternoon would be a good day to contact Customer Support at Ionos. I was wrong.

Everything was going smoothly with the customer service representative, and I was excited to have my problem resolved soon. I was very close to the end of the process when my laptop crashed. The rep patiently waited while I restarted my computer, and it crashed again. This happened two more times. I was at my wits’ end and apologized for my disaster. He suggested I try again tomorrow, and I agreed.

I am now running a full disk scan as I write the story. So far, my computer has not crashed, and hopefully, it won’t before I finish this article. Tomorrow, I will try to link my custom domain to my blog site again. My blood pressure will return to normal, and I will hope for the best.

Have you ever had one of these kinds of days? I’d love to hear about your experience.

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