I still can't think how dumb I was. I finally made my dream task and all I had to do was pack up my stuff and move from my household's house in Macon, Georgia, to my brand-new residence in Mountain View, California. Read on as I communicate my tale of issue, bearing in mind that all of my wounds were self-inflicted. Ideally, you'll find out from my many mistakes.
Cellular Regret
If just I had actually taken the time to upgrade my forwarding address at the very same time, I would've conserved myself a lot of aggravation. I hadn't updated my cell phone contract to reflect my brand-new home. Please do not inform my brand-new task how bad I am at mathematics.
Stuck in the '90s
When we showed up at the new place, there was another big problem. I hadn't remembered to turn on the power at my new home. I got hit with California roaming charges the whole time I was waiting for the mystical appearance of the cable man.
The Fuzz
Speaking of expenses, I completely forgot to change my forwarding address. That implied that my credit card expense didn't show up. I got hit with late charges for it. I could have easily avoided this mistake by signing up for paperless service. That wasn't my only change-of-address screw-up, either. I got pulled over by a California authorities officer. He explained that my license plate wasn't updated. He pointed out that I had an out-of-state chauffeur's license and registration. All three of those documents require updating when you change states of residence. I needed to pay a $175 ticket and after that over $500 for the brand-new licenses. Even if I got a brand-new task does not indicate I'm made from cash. Why do here the polices not understand this? As soon as I lastly got sensible to the truth that I required to update everything, I also tried to update my car insurance. Would you believe they would not let me initially?! I needed to send them a whole tree's worth of documents in order to persuade them I 'd moved. They informed me that I 'd have to pay more for insurance coverage check here in a greater threat state. I 'd have to pay more up until my vehicle passed the California emissions test. Guess what? It didn't! My beloved 1996 supremely American muscle car is excessive of a gas drinker to pass the environmentally-focused state emissions test. So, I'm going to need to pay more up until I purchase a new vehicle. What have I gained from my experience? Actually one hour of preparation could have saved me tons of time and thousands of dollars. All I needed to do was upgrade all my forwarding info, fix my billing information and mobile phone contract, and alert my insurer about the changes. Then, another hour or so at the California Department of Motor Vehicles would've corrected all my license and registration issues. Since I didn't do this, I needed to invest a number of days at a dive motel, got mocked mercilessly by my pal, and lost a lot of money I might've invested in brand-new furniture for my new home phone.