Was that me that said I was done with
my application and all I needed to do was turn it in?
hahahahahahahaha I'm such a card.
Drove the 38 minutes to the Sugar Land
office Tuesday, walked up to the reception desk, and informed the
woman I was just here to turn in my application. You'll still need to
see someone, she says, so sign in and have a seat. Any idea how long
the wait will be I ask. You're the next one up she says. And really
it wasn't even 5 minutes. Cool.
About two hours later I finally left.
Turns out, I had to register online
and the first 10 pages of the application (and then some as the
online application had a few questions that weren't on the printable
version) still had to be filled out online so the paper
application was just a tease. Well, at least I already had all the
answers. The other 79 pages containing the expenses, invoices, and
proof of payments could be scanned in which took about 5 minutes with
their super speed scanner. I told the woman helping me that if
I could get my printer/scanner to actually scan to my desktop, each
page would have taken about 5 minutes. And of course there were two
categories of documents I didn't know I needed not having looked at
the cheat sheet when I downloaded the print version because, hey, I
can read and follow instructions more hysterical laughter. It
took so long to fill out the questionnaire because with so many
people using the system it was running veeeerrrrryyyyy slow. And to
top it all off, halfway back through the gauntlet of narrow lanes
with no shoulders construction through Fort Bend County, traffic came
to a complete stop for about half an hour due to not one, but two
accidents because people are fucking idiots.
Anyway, I had to go back yesterday
with the last documents and everything is uploaded and submitted. Now
I wait 4 to 6 weeks for a response.
After I got back I cleared the floor
and sent the robovac on it's rounds, collected all the accumulated
paper for recycling and took it to the container here in town for
that purpose and all the accumulated newspaper to the vet for their
use where they keep the animals awaiting procedures.
The next chore is to once again clean
off my desk and work tables and get back to making art. Also a trip
to the Hungerford Co-op for tomato plants today after the garden club
meeting except it's supposed to rain today fancy that so we'll
see.
Coming back from yoga last night
listening to NPR talk about Manafort's sentencing and his less than
convincing apology and mea culpa and plea for clemency because he has
lost everything, his property, his money, his stuff, his health, and
please to not separate him from his wife for a long period because
she needs him and he needs her. Well boo fucking hoo. Welcome
to the justice that regular people face. Fortunately the judge
was not impressed, basically told him too bad since he didn't do what
he did for any good reason but greed, buying more houses than one man
could live in and more suits than one man could wear.
And did you hear that Manafort was apparently in a WHEELCHAIR?! Please.
ReplyDeleteI do not envy you your adventures in bureaucracy, but at least it's all turned in now!
Good Lord, Ellen! How many people are actually going to go through all of that bullshit to get their claims? Ridiculous. Insane. Wrong.
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful day here. We're getting the weather you're not.
And yet- have I so much as planted one tomato? No. Of course not.
the less people that apply the better my chance!
DeleteIt's so bad again we're writing about it. It was so hard yesterday that 2/3 of what I said rambled off into an over privileged school district!
ReplyDeleteIt's good you got in your app. (I typed appl and was red lined. Haha.)
My hundred dollar HP office jet pro has not scanned to the computer since my granddaughter left for college (I typed PT, and noticed that. I used to have a PT cruiser. For my birthday that year I got a card about my PT cruiser actually being a TP cruiser, with the inside a logo for TP Cruiser and some toilet paper. I taped the TP logo over the PT logo on the glove box. When I traded in that POS, the dealer cut it off with a razor knife. Er never referred to that car except as the TP Cruiser, TP for short.)
Well, I don't envy you your construction zones and traffic. This little wanna-be-a-metropolis-but-isn't pales in comparison to most places, traffic-wise. And pretty much everything else-wise. I love it when the justice system works. Boo fucking hoo, is right. Greedy bastard. Let's hope he's just the first of many.
ReplyDeletewhat a hassle! I hope that it is worth it. I admire your tenacity, you are a winner! Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed that all this bureaucracy will pay off. This effort must be worth it.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could gte my act together and tackle the tax return.
And now for more art, please.
I find all the paperwork too be annoying, as it is all on the computer, as well. Pick one way and stick to it. I have to fill out my information on three different forms EVERYTIME I see the doctor. The exact same information on every form. No one ever refers to them, only the computer. Hope this is the end of the paperwork for you.
ReplyDeleteright? The nurse comes in, takes your history, gets all the info about why you are there, symptoms, etc. and then when the doctor comes in you have to go over it all again. do they not read the chart before they come in? really?
DeleteI’m impressed by your perseverance in getting through that paperwork. So many hoops! As for
ReplyDeleteManafort, he treated his wife appallingly acoordibg to his daughters so they’re all probably happy to be rid of him.
I worry about poorer more uneducated folks who have lost things due to floods who can not possibly fill out these forms. The requirement to do things online also prohibits a large segment of the population from getting their money. What a mess!! And that crook looks like the type that started his career breaking kneecaps. I want him in jail until he dies.
ReplyDeletenot only that but the Land Office made no effort as far as I can tell to inform people that this program was available. I only found out because I get notices via FB from Wharton County of Emergency Management page and a neighbor who heard about it on the radio station out of the next little town over.
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