I have to renew my license every year. It expires on December 31.
And every year since I earned my license, I have renewed it on December 31. Well, that's not exactly true. Last year I was running WAY ahead of schedule and actually got it renewed on December 28.
It's not that big of a deal. Especially since I can do it online.
But that means you have to know your password. And since I'm literally on the site once a year (when I renew my license), that means I have to remember my password. No small feat. This year I had to change it as a result of a) my memory lapse and b) my lack of foresight that prevented me from recording the password somewhere, thus preventing me from typing in the correct one when I needed to access the site. My new password contains an expletive because their picky system had the nerve to reject my first four attempts at changing it.
I digress.
So when one finally accesses the site online, you have to type in all your trainings. Which means first you have to locate all your documentation for trainings. I generally keep them in one folder, neatly filed away, but one miscreant always seems to jump to a different folder when my back is turned. Then you have to type in trainer codes. Which is a pain--user error laws state that inevitably one trainer code will be mistyped. Which means the site rejects it and then you have to start all over. Sigh.
And then you have to fork over money. It's not that much. It's just another detail because you have to have the credit card handy and mine is always in the car. Which means I have get up, walk to the car, grab my purse, walk back in the house....
Who needs this kind of aggravation, right?
I had SOLID plans of renewing early this year. I did. I actually completed my training for the year on Halloween, which is a record for me. (I've been known to get my last hours in on December 29.) I was so excited I told The Geek I was going to renew that day and beat his mother to the punch.
Yes, she's a social worker too. God help the man.
And every. Single. Year. she renews her damned license at least sixty days ahead of time. It irritates me to no end.
Organization. Bah.
But this year I was convinced I had her! So I excitedly went to the site, pulled up her name so I could secretly gloat before I did my thing and......
Denied.
I swear, she stalks the site. She stalks it and as soon as the site notifies one that it's OK to renew for the following year, she's on it like white on rice.
So really, this year it's her fault. Because I was so dejected that I didn't get renewed ahead of her that I lost all will to renew at all. Until I absolutely had to, that is.
No less than four people from four different offices called me on December 31 this year to inquire about my license status. Thank goodness they all called after noon--I renewed with a good twelve hours to spare. ->
*Diagnosis given to me by one of the higher ups at my company.
Read the complete post at http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tXCM/~3/506296862/oppositional-paperwork-disorder.html
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8 Jan 2009 2:47 PM
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