My day, my day, O holy crap on a crutch, my freakin' day...

[WilliamPitt]

1. Wake at 7am

2. Drive from Boston to Cambridge

3. Pry rusted-on licence plate off old car which is about to go to charity

4. Drive to place where one pays parking tickets in Cambridge to find building boarded up and closed; no indication of location of new ticket-paying place visible

5. Say screw that, drive over Longfellow Bridge into downtown Boston

6. Park at Suffolk courthouse garage

7. Walk 8 blocks to building where my insurance company is

8. Wait a bit, get new (used) car insured, cancel old insurance

9. Walk to Boston City Hall, pay Boston parking tickets

10. Drive back into Cambridge, locate new parking ticket payment place

11. Pay ticket

12. Drive to DMV in Watertown

13. Take licence plate off car

14. Wait in line 1/2 hour to a) register new car, b) turn in old plates, c) get drivers licence renewed

15. After 1/2 hour, see yellow signs everywhere saying "You can't pay for anything unless you have cash or check"

16. Realize checkbook is back in apartment

17. Put licence plate back on car

18. Drive from Watertown to Boston to get checkbook

19. Drive back to Watertown, take licence plate off car again

20. Wait in line, get to lady who can help me

21. Realize that, somewhere along the way, the Title to the new(used) car has fallen out of my folder of paperwork

22. Have very quiet nervous breakdown

23. Walk back to car saying "Fuck" several dozen times, call insurance company, they tell me that they have the title in their office

24. Put licence plate on car again

25. Drive back to downtown Boston, pull up in front of building, nice insurance lady brings Title down to me

26. Drive to Washington Street, find parking place

27. Take licence plate off car

28. Go to Chinatown DMV

29. Get car registered, hand in old plates, get new plates

30. Go upstairs, get licence renewed

31. Put new licence plate on car

32. Drive down to Boston City Hall again, find parking

33. Wait in line, get parking permit (couldn't do this before because I knew I'd be changing licence plates)

34. Battle rush hour traffic

35. Pull onto street which I have lived on for a month, which is permit-parking only

36. Enjoy small moment of happy karma: Find parking place in front of apartment building, and can now park there legally

37. Enter apartment, clock reads 4:27pm

38. Collapse.

[GumboYaYa]

1. Look at the bright side Will,

at least no one shoved a light stick or broom handle up your ass today, or at least I hope not. :)

[GOPisEvil]

2. In a minute, someone will post on this thread words to the effect of:

Why did you waste so much gas? Kill your car, ride the train and bus everywhere. If you HAVE to drive, for crying out loud, pull your head out of your ass so you aren't so damned wasteful.

You've been warned.

Oh yeah - aren't you glad that's over for a while? Have a :beer:

[sus]

11. I have a question..

Why did you waste so much gas?

[GOPisEvil]

13. See?

What did I tell ya?

[sus]

17. I am merely an EVIL minion.

I have no control over my actions.

[DS1]

3. Puhh-leaze, I did all of that yesterday.

On fire.

[StephNW4Clark]

4. You live in Watertown?

Have you been to Linda's Donut Shop?

Best cake donuts ever.

Have one - sounds like you need a pick-me-up.

Another pick-me-up:

ARG Poll on Ohio

Kerry: 50%
Bush: 43%

[Kat45]

33. My uncle used to go to Linda's Donuts every day.

I've never been there. Are the donuts that good?

[XNASA]

5. Are you sure it's worth it?

All that, for the privilege of being able to drive a car in the Boston Metro area. Talk about yer dubious honors.

[indigo32]

6. Good Lord

:eyes:

have a :beer:

[meegbear]

7. Sucks being you Will ...

but yer home, so pour yourself a stiff one, avoid Faux News and yuo'll be fine.

[Misinformed01]

8. So, what kind of car did you buy?

Best car for Boston: Subaru Legacy or Outback-

[WilliamPitt]

19. Forrester

Not *quite* an SUV, very much small enough to navigate the city, excellent gas mileage, but just tough enough to scoff at the 40 billion potholes in this town. My old Civic lost three tires and two rims to those potholes. This thing just says fuuuuuck you.

:)

[Shakespeare]

20. Good choice--old boyfriend of mine used to drive one of those.

Great cars...NOT an SUV, but sort of a station wagon on steroids. He drove the hell out of his in Milwaukee (during some REALLY harsh winters). Good gas mileage, tough as hell, and really dependable.

[geniph]

22. I have a 2002 Forester

I've been VERY happy with it. Great car. If it doesn't have a deflector thingie for the front, though, get one; the weak point is the windshield. Very easily cracked.

[Misinformed01]

41. All Subies Rock!

I have the 98 Outback...wait 'til you drive that sucker in the snow...Oh my God...don't even bother to get snow tires. I drove mine in 18 inches of snow...it was amazing!

Steph

[underpants]

9. Ended up "outsourcing" it to Chinatown huh?

Sellout.

:bounce::evilgrin:

[Kagemusha]

10. Take care, friend.

That sounds like one hard day.

(Kagemusha formerly known as JB before the new PC wiped out old data)

[VelmaD]

12. poor baby

Have a beer. :beer: And a hug. :hug:

[supernova]

14. I don't envy you Will.

Congrats on the new used car. But spending the day in various parts of the DMV is not my idea of fun. I'd rather get root canals. :7

have a :beer:

Having just got back from the job fair, I'm going to have a glass of wine. I'm addled. I met a good 100 people to day. :crazy:

[Raven]

15. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Hee, hee, hee...Boston! I did all of that in 1/2 hour up here....HEE,HEE,HEE. :-)

[VelmaD]

16. You are an evil momma...

evil to the bone. ;)

[Fovea]

18. are you sure you wouldnt prefer a bike better?

What a charlie foxtrot.
Time for a big beer William.

[Bridget Burke]

21. And all in that lovely Boston traffic!

I know you're used to it, but my one experience in Boston terrifed this Houstonian.

That is, my experience in Boston traffic. The rest of the city was fine.

[SOteric]

23. And what are you planning

to do differently in future?



Ooops! Sorry. I was channeling my Dad there for a minute.

[VelmaD]

25. Your dad sounds like my momma...

only without the Southern drawl. :)

How many thousand times have I heard, "And what have we learned from this experience?". Hee.

[WilliamPitt]

26. Um

Maybe next time I'll wait too long to get my licence renewed, drive an old piece of crap until it falls apart and I *have* to get a new car, scramble like mad to get it all squared away, but not before moving to a place with insanely limited parking if you don't have a permit.

Oh...wait...did that already.

[VelmaD]

27. Procrastinate much?

:)

And you left out the part about the unpaid parking tickets. :P

[WilliamPitt]

29. Yeah, it's not like I have ANYTHING ELSE TO DO

:)

[VelmaD]

30. You need a minion...

to do your bidding...and errands. :)

[WilliamPitt]

32. Feh. I wouldn't wish this crap on my worst enemy

Hey, Minion! Go take care of the crap I should have taken care of weeks ago.

Nah.

[VelmaD]

35. But a really good Igor...

would take care of it all before you "should have taken care of it weeks ago".

Igor TO DO list
1. Pick up Will's dry cleaning
2. Pay Will's parking tickets
3. Unearth corpse and remove brain for experiment
4. Buy Will's beer

[Fovea]

43. LOL

Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Cry and the world laughs at you.

Good self awareness.

[geniph]

24. Won't they do any of that stuff online?

Man, that would piss me off royally to have to do all that in person. I try not to do anything in person anymore. Just ask my husband. :evilgrin:

[WilliamPitt]

28. Some of it, yeah

But I had to get my insurance done in Boston and turn in licence plates in Boston, stuff I couldn't do online, so I said screw it, let's do it all.

I actually handle bureaucrats well. I have a gift. I get things done amid people who don't like to work. Seriously. I learned how as a paralegal, having to get things from court clerk offices under a deadline.

[Kat45]

31. Hey, at least you found parking spaces throughout the day!

In Boston and Cambridge, that's no small feat! :D

[WilliamPitt]

34. I know all the tricks

:)

[nickgutierrez]

Yes, but what does that have to do with parking?

:evilgrin:

[WilliamPitt]

40. Knowing where to go, knowing where the easy spots are

knowing the cheapest garages are. I got in and out of the Post Office Square lot - right in the heart of the financial district - for $4 bucks.

[jonnyblitz]

36. when in boston I do Green St parking garage near Central

Square and do the rest by "T". Can't beat the cheap cost compared to everywhere else. I will forever be indebted to RationalRose for telling me about that parking garage..

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[DemoTex]

38. Dealing with the DMV makes an ice-water enema sound good, in comparison.

I've got to go through the same drill in North Carolina in a few weeks. I'll put it off until my Texas plates are close to expiration.

[Misinformed01]

42. Demo! Pitt's another Subie owner now!

I wonder how many of us are here now!

[Westegg]

39. So it's true! No good deed goes unpunished. Shit... (n/t)