Not because “I’m am woman” but because I am angry. Oh yes! The problem mentioned here, still has not been resolved! In fact, I feel like we’re just going around and around in circles! The lien holder just refuses to understand that we have MOVED to Canada. That it was a necessary move and not a move out of luxury (even though we are benefiting because Jo makes 3 times more money). He overstayed his visit in the states, which we did not know until we went to Newfoundland in December! We were under the impression that he was legally there because the immigration visited his place of work on a very regular basis! All has always been straight with his paperwork, so we never thought it wasn’t until December! We had no real choice, unless we wanted to pay hefty fines on top of doing the legal paperwork all over again (you watch the news, you know the fines).

So we moved! Did we run away? No, if we had, I would’ve gone somewhere exotic or some place like Ireland. I would’ve never stayed on the continent or given the lien holder my new phone numbers, address and so on, as mentioned in my previous post.

This has turned into a huge nightmare! So if we aren’t allowed to keep our vehicle here, we are told we can “surrender” the vehicle to them and get a receipt that it’s been paid in full. Hey, that’s great.. right? NO! Not only because I’d like to keep my vehicle and feel they have no reason to believe we won’t pay, since we’ve been paying since day one but because of this; I’d be driving across country, 3100 miles, as a woman, alone.. on a 4 day drive! Are they flipping nuts?? Of course they are! They are so worried they won’t get paid, yet they want me to spend $400-500 on a cross country trip to take this truck back to them??? Then how will I get back? Oh, they suggested I take a plane. Sure, I’m terrified of flying.. that’s a great idea! Flying for the first time, alone.. and how much will that cost? From the looks of it, anywhere from $680 - 1000!!! Add that to the cost of traveling across country!

That is so absurd. They are morons if they expect me to do this! I’ve been in touch with my dad and my attorney, we’re waiting to hear back from the lien holder one last time (they’re trying to see if there’s anything that can be worked out, since in the beginning, there was no problem)!

I told Jo, since we were told that he wasn’t legal to work there any longer (for 6 months).. and hadn’t been for years (we did not know that).. that we should file a suit against the lien holder for allowing him to be on a loan for a vehicle, without a drivers license and without the proper legal paperwork to do so. I don’t know if that’d work but in my head, it sounds like a great plan. lol

I am just so angry with these people and so frustrated! I’d been out of work for over a year! A year folks! That’s one year that I was not helping support our financial obligations! My search for work always led to nothing because the town I lived in closed down so many plants, which put so many people out of work.. who eventually became my competition and many of these people were in areas like “payroll” “management” “human resources” and “administration”. They have the same skills I have and the majority had more experience (a lot of those workers worked for those plants for 10+ years). I would venture out with a friend and we’d put in applications.. we’d never hear back and we were both qualified!

So here we are. Spinning wheels. I wish they’d go on and call me back.. I just want to figure this mess out. :[