Let’s start with I hate the USPS & the DMV because they are retarded and I am now in the center of their incompetence.

From what I gather, my sis-in-law changed her address with the USPS at some point and the postal service took it upon themselves to change MY ADDRESS and MY HUSBAND’s ADDRESS as well. I can only imagine that she did not mean to change our addresses.

So, the mail that has come to both my PO Box for well over 5 years and my house for about 3 suddenly took a different route and was ending up at her house. Like my bank statements. Or my DMV renewals. And we don’t see each other on the daily so I’d receive mail from her and the due date on stuff would be like THE NEXT DAY. Anyways, I went to the Bank and got the information switched back and I thought everything was cool because I seem to be receiving all the important stuff I need at this point.

Except when I renewed our company van’s registration back in October we never received tags. I finally called DMV today after my husband has received three tickets for the van being registered (because the police can see that & our insurance on their computer) but for not having the correct date sticker on the license plate. THREE.

DMV tells me that our address could not have been changed in their records without someone inputting both my driver’s license and my husband’s and that they cannot tell me what my current address on file is because I should know.

So, apparently our remedy is this, according to Roy at the DMV: Since I am not the registered owner of the vehicle, Scott must take time out of work and go stand in line at the DMV to have his address changed back to the correct address. To remedy the tickets, he has to take time off work to appear and court with proof that he never lived at the address the DMV has on file (the one they won’t tell us) to get out of paying said tickets.

I then called the USPS and spoke with someone who said I can easily remedy the problem by changing our address again, but I need to know our previous address on file, which after exhausting the options of the places it could possibly be- still won’t work.

Then the lady tells me that had Sarah changed her address as a “family” we could be included because we have the same last name. Now, while this makes some sense- A LOT of people have our last name. My father-in-law’s mail goes the correct place. My other sister-in-law gets her mail. I mean she is a single 25 year old woman. At that point “family” means just her. Regardless if she had marked family or individual.

When we bought our house I marked “family” on our address change and I have never once received mail for anyone else outside our FAMILY. Like, my husband, me, our kid and our business.

How does this happen?

I opened an investigation with the postal service. I am totally annoyed and want to kill someone.

Oh, and in a bit I plan to finish my Christmas shopping. At Target & the mall. I shouldn’t be in public today- I may lose it.

Happy freaking Tuesday.