Ok, instead of starting several threads with questions and need for help I'm just going to type it all out here and if you have something that could help, please reply. If not... at least you might feel a little bit better about what you are going through knowing it could always be worse....
On Monday I received the official notice that my case was dismissed due to a summary of schedules not filed. I did a search on the forum to see if this had happened to someone else, found the lovely dingdong and she told me what she did.
Tuesday morning I dropped my daughter off at her class (charter school so no bus) and was at the courthouse before it opened. I filed the summaries and asked about the motion to vacate the dismissal. The clerk didn't know what that was and told me to call the case manager. I did, she wasn't there. I waited as long as I could. I had a 20 min window to go home, change into work clothes and pick my daughter up before going to work. In that 20 min, my car was impounded by the police for a parking violation. I had to call a cab to pick my daughter up from school and take me to the impound lot. They told me I had to get a paper from the dmv to release the car and took the bus to the dmv. DMV told me it would be $521 after 2 1/2 hours of waiting in line and I only had $400 to my name which was my late rent (landlord lets me pay every two weeks) so I walked out of the dmv after getting a horrible attitude from the woman there. Finally got home at 5PM from the bus and trolley after the dmv, defeated, exhausted and still no car.
Today I got up early, took a cab to the courthouse and with the day off from work carefully planned my schedule. BK court first, then walk to the parking enforcement to pay my fine, take the trolley to the dmv and the bus to the impound lot to get the car after borrowing money from a co-worker. I got to the courthouse and discovered that I had left my drivers license at the dmv the day before when they asked for it at the entrance. Great. The guard is really nice, recognized me from before and accepted my photo press credentials as ID. The beautiful smart clerk was there and she pointed me in the right directions. Great, motion filed now to the parking enforcement. Walked 15 blocks to that, paid my fine. Walked to the trolley and went to call my boss, no cell phone. I walked 15 blocks back to the courthouse thinking I left it there, nope. Fortunately when I planned out my day I wrote everything on a list including phone numbers of every place I had to get to that day including the cab company. Cabbie found my phone when my boss called and he heard ringing in the backseat. I had to play find the cabbie for a while and since my schedule to get to the dmv via trolley was now thwarted, I had to just take the cab back home. I called my friend who was loaning me the money and he drove me to the dmv. I got there at 4:30PM, it closes at 5PM and there was a line around the outside of the building.
I got in line and while there the security guard was joking with people who were waiting. I exchanged a few with him and then asked if they had a lost and found because I'd left my license there. God bless his soul, he took me straight into the building to the manager. None of them could find the license and even asked the woman who I'd seen the day before. The manager took me straight to the front counter and let me apply for the duplicate and pay all of my fees related to the impound and now suspended registration from the parking fine and they removed as many penalties as they could get away with. Still cost me $400. The lady handling me this time was funny, she did something and let the F Bomb drop and apologized. I told her not to worry, I'd said it many times myself in the last 24 hours and even came up with new ways to say it. I told her to add "itty and tard" to the end of it and she would feel even better. After I paid for a duplicate license, the woman from yesterday walked up with my license in her hand and said "Oh yea, you left this when you stormed out yesterday. Both the manager and guard asked her first thing when they brought me inside. The when she walked away the other said "don't worry, she's just a b***.
I got out of there with all of that by 4:45PM, impound lot closes at 5PM. Then they told me I need an additional $400 for THEIR fees and if I don't get it by Friday they put a lien on my title, auction off my car and charge me for their efforts. Then the guy got snarky with me and told me maybe now I'd learn my lesson and manage my life a little better. I told him thanks for the advice because I really needed it. I'm a single mom working two jobs, paying 38% of my income in taxes, doing my best to avoid breaking any laws yet still get nailed for parking in front of my own home. Most people have a warm body to crawl into bed with. I have a dialysis machine that I have to pay rent on since I don't have health insurance to go into a clinic. With cronic renal failure, I couldn't get insurance now anyway. I don't qualify for government help with that bill since I work two jobs so my union helps to pay for it. Yup, I'm the real scum of the earth and I need someone to tell me like it is. **shole.
My 341 is scheduled for tomorrow, I still don't have an answer on the motion to vacate the dismissal and I need $150 for my second installment on the filing fee.
So anyone feel better about their lives now? I know it will get better... I'm just waiting for then.
Oh yea, my best friend of 14 years, beloved Kitty passed away on Monday too.
Seriously, please tell me I at least made someone else feel better.
On Monday I received the official notice that my case was dismissed due to a summary of schedules not filed. I did a search on the forum to see if this had happened to someone else, found the lovely dingdong and she told me what she did.
Tuesday morning I dropped my daughter off at her class (charter school so no bus) and was at the courthouse before it opened. I filed the summaries and asked about the motion to vacate the dismissal. The clerk didn't know what that was and told me to call the case manager. I did, she wasn't there. I waited as long as I could. I had a 20 min window to go home, change into work clothes and pick my daughter up before going to work. In that 20 min, my car was impounded by the police for a parking violation. I had to call a cab to pick my daughter up from school and take me to the impound lot. They told me I had to get a paper from the dmv to release the car and took the bus to the dmv. DMV told me it would be $521 after 2 1/2 hours of waiting in line and I only had $400 to my name which was my late rent (landlord lets me pay every two weeks) so I walked out of the dmv after getting a horrible attitude from the woman there. Finally got home at 5PM from the bus and trolley after the dmv, defeated, exhausted and still no car.
Today I got up early, took a cab to the courthouse and with the day off from work carefully planned my schedule. BK court first, then walk to the parking enforcement to pay my fine, take the trolley to the dmv and the bus to the impound lot to get the car after borrowing money from a co-worker. I got to the courthouse and discovered that I had left my drivers license at the dmv the day before when they asked for it at the entrance. Great. The guard is really nice, recognized me from before and accepted my photo press credentials as ID. The beautiful smart clerk was there and she pointed me in the right directions. Great, motion filed now to the parking enforcement. Walked 15 blocks to that, paid my fine. Walked to the trolley and went to call my boss, no cell phone. I walked 15 blocks back to the courthouse thinking I left it there, nope. Fortunately when I planned out my day I wrote everything on a list including phone numbers of every place I had to get to that day including the cab company. Cabbie found my phone when my boss called and he heard ringing in the backseat. I had to play find the cabbie for a while and since my schedule to get to the dmv via trolley was now thwarted, I had to just take the cab back home. I called my friend who was loaning me the money and he drove me to the dmv. I got there at 4:30PM, it closes at 5PM and there was a line around the outside of the building.
I got in line and while there the security guard was joking with people who were waiting. I exchanged a few with him and then asked if they had a lost and found because I'd left my license there. God bless his soul, he took me straight into the building to the manager. None of them could find the license and even asked the woman who I'd seen the day before. The manager took me straight to the front counter and let me apply for the duplicate and pay all of my fees related to the impound and now suspended registration from the parking fine and they removed as many penalties as they could get away with. Still cost me $400. The lady handling me this time was funny, she did something and let the F Bomb drop and apologized. I told her not to worry, I'd said it many times myself in the last 24 hours and even came up with new ways to say it. I told her to add "itty and tard" to the end of it and she would feel even better. After I paid for a duplicate license, the woman from yesterday walked up with my license in her hand and said "Oh yea, you left this when you stormed out yesterday. Both the manager and guard asked her first thing when they brought me inside. The when she walked away the other said "don't worry, she's just a b***.
I got out of there with all of that by 4:45PM, impound lot closes at 5PM. Then they told me I need an additional $400 for THEIR fees and if I don't get it by Friday they put a lien on my title, auction off my car and charge me for their efforts. Then the guy got snarky with me and told me maybe now I'd learn my lesson and manage my life a little better. I told him thanks for the advice because I really needed it. I'm a single mom working two jobs, paying 38% of my income in taxes, doing my best to avoid breaking any laws yet still get nailed for parking in front of my own home. Most people have a warm body to crawl into bed with. I have a dialysis machine that I have to pay rent on since I don't have health insurance to go into a clinic. With cronic renal failure, I couldn't get insurance now anyway. I don't qualify for government help with that bill since I work two jobs so my union helps to pay for it. Yup, I'm the real scum of the earth and I need someone to tell me like it is. **shole.
My 341 is scheduled for tomorrow, I still don't have an answer on the motion to vacate the dismissal and I need $150 for my second installment on the filing fee.
So anyone feel better about their lives now? I know it will get better... I'm just waiting for then.
Oh yea, my best friend of 14 years, beloved Kitty passed away on Monday too.
Seriously, please tell me I at least made someone else feel better.
Bankruptcy Wizard
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