Momzoo is a Dummy!

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I am a dummy.

Hi, my name is Momzoo
and I am a dummy!

About three o’clock this morning I woke up out of a dead sleep remembering that my Drivers Licence had expired on Sunday, my birthday. “What is the big deal” you all think, “just fill out the forms and mail them in”…well….umm…..it should be that easy but….. You see Momzoo is also a little lazy and a bit of a procrastinator. Actually a huge procrastinator. I did get a letter in the mail about 3 months ago from the DMV, or who ever they are, stating that the name on my SSN and the name on my Drivers Licence didn’t match. Well, that is true, you see I never completely changed my name when I married Dadzoo 10 years ago. My SSN still has my maiden name Aimee Johnson, and my Drivers licence has my married name Aimee Johnson Kieffer.

I know, I know….I swear I was going to get around to it, but the last 10 years have been busy, and really the only time I remembered was at tax time when I filed under my maiden name. Really, I didn’t keep my maiden name because I wanted to make sure I really wanted Kieffer as a last name, I do, I truly want to take my husbands name, but like I said, I have been busy……

When I woke up I got on-line to see what I needed to do. On the web site it said that if your licence has lapsed that you needed to be prepared to do the written and driving test.

Come again?

Did that mean since my licence was lapsed for 4 days I needed to take the driving test again? Oh Crud! I was only 4 days late (and with the wrong name) and my driving record is pristine (OK, there was that one speeding ticket, but I swear I didn’t know I was going over the speed limit!)

So I am feeling a little sick again at this point. I am having visions of spending the morning at the Social Security office in Salt Lake and the DMV all afternoon trying to pass my tests. Thank goodness Dadzoo was working from home, then I could at least leave the kids at home. But what happens if I don’t pass? I can’t just drive myself home, heck, I really shouldn’t be driving myself there either….I don’t have a valid drivers licence

!

I was panicking, really starting to panic!

 

Then (trumpets sounding) Dadzoo to the rescue. Instead of fretting and worrying like I was doing he called the DMV…hmmmm…..good idea, and found out that since I was only 4 days late I didn’t need to take any test over again, since I had a good driving record (except for that one speeding ticket…ok…maybe it was two speeding tickets) and all I needed to do was show my Social Security card with my old name and my Drivers Licence with my new name on it.

That was it.

No biggy.

Good ‘ol Dadzoo taking charge, finding out the facts, solving problems while I was melting into a puddle having visions of never being able to drive again….

 

I like Dadzoo’s style.

11 thoughts on “Momzoo is a Dummy!”

  1. HAHAHA!!! The funny thing is, I’ve never gotten around to changing my SSN either! It bugs my hubby REALLY bad. But I’m busy, dang it!

  2. LOL that’s funny. I would freak out too and MBC would make ME call and work it out.
    My social security number is still under my maiden name too. I kept thinking that I needed to do it about 12 times during our first year of marriage. I even went in once to get in changed but an hour into the 3 hour wait I gave up and said “I’ll come back another day.” That day has yet to happen. Because like you, I NEVER think about it until I have to sign my taxes and MBC says “so what’s your name this year?”.
    I hope that you are feeling better.

  3. That is SO FUNNY! Ironically, I actually had the same thing just happen to me.

    I however, never did receive the 90 day notice in the mail for whatever reason and I realized as soon as we got to California last week that my license expired on my birthday back in January!

    Here I was three states away with an expired license and a lot of guilt that I’d been driving illegally unknown to me for four months. There was nothing I could do but worry about it the entire trip and request that my husband drive the entire time.

    The first morning after I realized my fault, I went to pick up our tickets for Disneyland and they asked for my ID. The lady behind the counter immediately said, “Do you have another ID? This one is expired.” Hello!!!! Four months people had been checking my ID and never said anything! Luckily she accepted my expired ID and gave us our tickets.

    I took care of the whole thing as soon as we got home and everything is fine, but it’s good to know I’m not alone.

  4. Tif that is funny. Those licences are good for 5 years, it is so easy to forget!

  5. I just love it when the knight in shining armor saves the day! Great story!

  6. Aimee you make me laugh! You’ve been sick so that should excuse a lot…at least the last 4 days! Thank goodness for Mike…AGAIN. He is the greatest!

  7. Dang it is a good thing that guys are around to keep the ladies from losing thier heads…

  8. You make me laugh, I would have totally panicked but I always seem to be lucky enough to find out that I didn’t have to take the test AFTER I already have! I am happy that you made out ok!

  9. That is so funny! I am glad Mike called the DMV and it wasn’t a huge deal! I still have a Montana DL so I am totally illegal!

  10. Guess what I did today! I went and changed my name. So now I’m officially my husband’s wife! Woo hoo! (Only took me 7 1/2 years…)