April 15, 2009

  • The latest on my legal name change

    Good morning all. Well, I guess it is afternoon now... either way, I hope its going well!

    Yesterday was took the puppies to be groomed and then to my chiropractors appointment. We spent all day in Gastonia waiting on the puppies to be done. We ran some errands, spent way too much money and then (finally) headed home. Once we got home I left out right after unloading to our lawyers office to pick up my legal name change paperwork. We decided to try the social security office and see how that might go. I got back home, we had dinner and just vegged out. It was a good day and a great evening. I have really enjoyed our time together the last couple of days. I guess it was 11:00 or later when we finally turned the TV off and went to sleep.

    I didn't get up till 9:00 this morning. I haven't been sleeping well (hips hurting, bladder full), but I have been staying in bed longer... not sure what sense that makes, but it is what it is. I got up, had coffee and then got dressed to head out. At 10:10 I was on the road to the social security office with my paperwork. I felt excited and nervous, hopeful and apprehensive. I got there right at 10:40, it looked like there weren't as many people there as I had anticipated (getting a late start and all). They have a new way of giving you a number now, you tell the guard what you are there for, he tells you what number to press on the screen and you get a number based on what you are there to accomplish. I might have waited 10 - 15 minutes max before they called my number. I had my print out of my verification of name change with social security less than 20 minutes after having walked through the doors. I was thrilled!

    I have to wait till tomorrow to take all my paperwork to the DMV (giving social security's system time to update). So I'll probably be there first thing to get my new drivers license. I am so excited and happy. I am elated, that's a good word! I called to tell Tancy I was on my way home and everything went well. Then I called our lawyer to tell her. She asked what I was going to do about Louisiana. I told her they could kiss my ass! I am certainly not paying them $750 (a ridiculous amount of money) to simply change my birth certificate. That's just ludicrous to me. I have accomplished all I really need to accomplish, especially once I have my drivers license. Tomorrow will probably be spent getting all my stuff changed over. It'll be a pain in the ass, but its totally worth it at this point.

    So, I have some house work to do today. Tancy's gonna get to work in her shed, I'll help her some with that too. Other than that, hopefully, today will be a leisurely day together taking care of some household chores, but nothing too strenuous.

    I hope that you all have a great day! I am sure I'll blog more tomorrow, but believe that's all I've got for today.

    Love to all!