Can I bitch?

Do you guys mind?
Well, don't read this if you do.

I currently hold only a driver's permit. Yes, at almost 23 years of age, I still do not have my driver's license nor do I really know how to drive (safely). The first part of my bitchfest has to do with my parents putting all of the blame on me. When I was in high school, I took the driver's ed class. Having taken that class, after passing the final, I was given a little pink slip that allowed me to go to the DMV and turn it in for a driver's license. I did not have to take a driving test or the computer exam. It was a free pass. From what I remember, my parents didn't feel like going to the DMV and waiting in their ridiculous lines, understandable. Now they tell me they didn't know about this pink slip and continue to belittle me for not being able to drive and not having my driver's license.

Part two: I can't take my state board exam to get my RN license without an acceptable form of identification (i.e., driver's license, U.S. state identification, or U.S. passport). My parents finally allowed me to drive on their days off this month, and after 2 attempts have determined I am nowhere near ready for the driving test and have since stopped taking me out. So we were going to go with the U.S. state I.D. thing, but apparently you cannot have that and a license (temporary or otherwise). Now I'm left with getting a passport card. I made an appointment at our local post office to turn in the application and all the identifying materials, that appointment was today at 2:45pm. I went to CVS around 11am to get my passport pictures taken, waited around all day until 2:30pm and went to the post office.

I walk in and tell the woman at the desk that I have an appointment to get a passport card; "Oh, oh no.... I'm sorry, let me get my supervisor." Umm...okay? The supervisor comes out:
"You made an appointment for today?"
"Yes, for 2:45."
"I'm really sorry, but our lady that does the passports went home sick today."
Oh really? And someone couldn't call to tell me? I hope I wasn't the only one who wasted their time, but it seemed as if I was. Honestly, I'm not really mad at any one person, I'm just upset about the situation. I should have been notified.

So I got back home and got on the phone with a courthouse about 30 minutes from here and asked if I could come over and get this crap done. The fee is $55 for a passport card, and this place charged $25 that they got and $30 that the government/passport agency gets. That became an ordeal itself because they wanted the $30 as a check or money order and the $25 in cash or check. We don't have checks, or much cash, just credit/debit cards. So my dad had to get a money order, which he thought he could just pay with his debit card (sorry dad, no, cash only). We finally get to the courthouse, my dad signs an affidavit saying he knows me (because they also do not accept permits/learner's licenses), I show the woman my birth certificate and two photographs, I sign the application, and hand over my money. She has my application, birth certificate, proof of identity, and passport pictures sprawled out on the counter and tells me to have a nice day. What?! "You will receive your birth certificate and passport I.D. card in the mail in 4-6 weeks." Whoa...I don't like that. So now I'm freaking out about not having my birth certificate and seeing how she had everything just laying out there. This is just too much crap to deal with, all to take a stupid test.

Throw on the heat and not having air conditioning and you've got one miserable little brat here. It was 84°F in this house yesterday. I passed out and continued to nap so I did not have to feel it. Going through all of this makes the possibility of me failing the NCLEX even more devastating. Why can't anything be easy?