Community Service, gotta love it! :)

Here I am again! I see my blog doesn't have much traffic. But it's more for me to get stuff out than anything, so who cares. I got 2 tickets in the last month for no insurance on my car. I know you are gasping! No Insurance! what the heck is wrong with me! Well, um lets see. I have no job, and I don't want my 18 year old walking home at midnight in south Irving. Which , both times was the reason. I know people who drive without insurance piss me off too. But with times so hard, I had to choose between priorities such as Rent, Electric, and food. Which would you choose? We could have lived without electric, which we had thought of, but I'm glad we didn't since this snow storm. Anyways , getting to the point, and surpassing my guilt of driving uninsured, I got 25 hours community service for first ticket. It was so easy I could have taken a nap and got it. Not a prob. Now we come to the second ticket. This is where they get mad and "stick it too you" so to speak. They wanted $650 smackaroos or 41 hours of community service. You know what I chose. This is so kool! They gave me the option to work at my favorite thrift store, YAY! I love it. It's the Disabled Americans Vets Thrift store. A percentage of all proceeds go to the D.A.V.'s . I worked there Saturday and go back on Monday. OMG they let me fill out an application, and they are watching me. Can you believe I might get a job out of this!? It only pays minimum wage $7.25, but a job! I have been looking for so long. And to work somewhere I love would be awesome. Lord help me, and help my back hold up! It's already killen me. I'm not sure if it's my degenerative disk disease or if it's because I just haven't worked in a long time. Hope it's the latter, and I'll get used to it. Anyways, Just had to get that off my chest. My aspirations are so low right now, I can't help but achieve them! Oh and let me add a WARNING about driving without insurance. Number 1, the first one is a slap on the wrist in Irving. But number 2 they sock it too ya! And I can't blame'm. I really think it's kool that they are lenient on the first offense. But I think they are little excessive or obsessive on the second. Although I know that the city of Dallas will take your car, which probably make life miserable. Anyways , first there's the $650 or 41 hours. Then you get a letter in the mail, to maintain insurance and an SR22 for Two years. Then you get another letter in the mail call a "Surcharge" letter. This kinda Irked me , and I think it's really unfair, but what can I do. The Surcharge letter states that you must send them $260 dollars a year for 3 years, and it really doesn't say why. Just that it's a surcharge. Though I can pay it out, $35 bucks a month. This is a little ridiculous. So lets look at this from my point of view. I have no job, can't pay car insurance, just drove those nights to insure my sons safety. Now i'm paying for 3 years. I have no money so charge me more money? That makes no since. OK lets look at the other side. My other son was run over at the crosswalk a few years back. He sustained no injuries, thank God. But he did have ambulance and hospital bills and a nasty scar on his hand. The guy was uninsured and fled the scene. I was so mad! So you see, I see the importance. There just so little money! Besides , that guy fled the scene! I would never hit a kid at a crosswalk and flee the scene, uninsured or not. That is a lack of character, not a lack of money. Ok I need to shut up this is entirely too long. Have a great day! And I hope you all achieve your aspirations, no matter how small they are. And happy Valentines day, oh and it's my wedding anniversary as well. LOL :)