this day cant get any worse...

but it just did. I swear. When it rains it pours. So this morning we got up to pouring rain. I took the dog to the vet and John took Cade and the Mazda to get an oil change before he left for Birmingham today. So we all get back and then John and I decide to battle the Missouri department of revenue again regarding our car tags. We have now applied for them 4 times and they were due back in October. John called last week and they said to give them more time and if the check did not clear to call them back this week. No cleared check. So I call them this morning to clarify the total cost. She starts to get snippy with me and tells me there is a note from Monday to give them more time. She proceeds to tell me it is only Wednesday and I need to wait longer. I reminder her it was LAST Monday we called. 

ME 1; DMV 0. 

So she tells me she will have to look into it. So I explain to her that we have submitted our paperwork 4 times. The second time it was their fault they sent it back, and explained it to her. 

ME 2; DMV 0.

She tells me she will have to pass it along to her supervisor because it has passed the minimum amount of declined paperwork. Can I shoot her now? So she tells me she will call me back.

So John leaves for Bham. 

She calls back. Asks me what address we are sending it to because it is her theory that we are sending it to the wrong address. So I tell her and that the line reads ATTN: Ref#. She says why did you do that "because you told us to". We have sent it to the same address the other 3 times it has been declined.

ME 3; DMV 0.

So I get off the phone with her. She calls back and tells us her supervisor found the paper work and it was processed Tuesday. So the plates were mailed then or today. I tell her how we need proof of renew because we have to drive our vehicles. So she lectures me about how we shouldn't be driving around on expired plates. I was like "what the hell." Don't freaking lecture me because you are an idiot and sent back our paperwork, which was correct. We would have had our plates by now, and now you owe US $10 because of your mistake we had to pay for. So she tells me she has to talk to her supervisor to see if they can authorize us something for proof. 

ME 4, DMV 0.

Finally John calls me and informs me of some "great" news. The doctor's don't have an appointment for John. They tell him there was no record of any appointment. They only tell us this after he signed in and waited 30 minutes. So he tells them how he drove 3 hours to get here and that he knows he talked to someone. But since he doesn't have a name, he cant prove it. So they tell him they will try to work him in. He called and I talked to him on the phone until... his phone went dead. 

Then the DMV calls me back and tells us that her supervisor authorized a copy of our registration receipt can be faxed to us. 

ME 5; DMV 0

So they day is almost over. But not quite. I start to get Cade ready for bed when... the day gets worse. The smoke detector and carbon minoxi detector goes off. We changed the battery three weeks ago so I know its not that. So I grab Cade and call mainatance and head over to Stephs. The maintance guy says that he will be there in 45 min. God I hope it is CM because our animals would be dead. So he comes over and meanwhile I call the fire department. Because what is this guy going to do. Hear the noise and call. So I saved him a call. The maintenance guy gets there and tells me the actual smoke detector is expired. You are suppose to replace them every 4 years. Ours was three years past its expiration date.  So we got a new one. I knew what the issue was. I was smelling smoke sometimes when opening the dryer. So when John got home at 9:15 I told him. He pulled out the dryer and low and behold, the hose came off the back of it. 

AHHHH!