After our youngest son, Randy,
returned home from his mission, he decided to open an account at the credit
union. To complete the process, a driver’s
license or picture ID with a valid address was required. No problem.
His DL had expired and going to the DLD was also on the agenda.
But he still needed proof of
address. We had moved and his old DL
revealed the old address. He was asked
for something to prove his new address – like a bank statement. Are you kidding me? It was like a no win situation.
Recently, (even though we had actually
filed our taxes a month early this year) we were asked to include Randy’s FASFA
on our taxes. Randy had not completed
his FASFA as he was waiting for the results on our taxes.
I never fully understood that old cliché
that says we can’t have our cake and eat it, too. Seems like in those last two scenarios we can
neither have nor eat. We can only view
whatever cake others may have or are eating.
It’s like being told by a podiatrist to
stay off your feet (by walking) in order to let them heal – but that you should exercise
your feet in order to give them strength.
Huh? It’s either one or the
other. How can a person seriously do
both?
This is the first year in mine and Roland's married life that we actually have a tax refund. But we also owe back taxes. We owe this. We owe that. We will never even see our refund. It would be nice if we could pick who gets it. But at least the debt will be lessened in one way or the other.
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