Driver License Unsuspension
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This GoFundMe campaign is the final leg of a long and arduous journey of getting my driver's license unsuspended. This final leg involves paying $100 and potential additional processing and late fees to the Texas DPS in order to get them to unsuspend it.
Normally I would take my time in saving this last bit of cash I need, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of time anymore. In just 5 weeks, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental US, an eclipse I've been dreaming of seeing for 14 years now, ever since I saw its date and location listed in the special features of a DVD. I want to be able to legally drive up to Nebraska to see it.
Unfortunately, according to their website, it could take up to three weeks for Austin to process my payment, which means that I have to get my payment to Austin no later than July 31st, two weeks from the day I'm posting this campaign, in order for my license to be unsuspended in time for me to be able to drive up to see the total solar eclipse.
Getting this money in time would mean so much more to me than just getting to see a rare celestial event. I would also finally be able to get a new job at an actual brick-and-mortar office, instead of scraping together money from the internet and selling things in my closet. I would finally be able to leave the financial hell I've been in for over 2 years now, and actually have gainful employment once again. I would finally be able to save a large amount of money again for times when I need it, like this one. I would finally be able to freely and legally travel far beyond my house once more.
So please, will you help me take the final step in getting my life back again?
I thank you so very much for helping me be able to live a dream and get my life back on track.
Some background:
This whole ordeal started over 2 years ago when I got a speeding ticket on a road trip in West Virginia, one which I thought I had paid off...until I got a letter from WV informing me that they didn't accept my check and another letter from the Texas DPS saying they had already suspended my DL as part of the NRVC. Suffice it to say that by the time I got that letter, I was already in dire straits financially because I had lost my last job, and losing my ability to legally drive only made it worse, flushing my life further down the sewage pipes.
After saving for the longest time, despite barely being able to make ends meet, I finally scraped together enough to pay off the expensive speeding ticket itself. That might have been the end of it, but unfortunately now Austin wants their piece of my pie in order to give me back my license.
The current goal is at $175 in order to ensure that after GoFundMe takes its cut, there's enough to pay the $100 base fee to Austin plus the extra money in additional processing and late fees that they may tack onto that base. If they don't tack on any additional fees (and I really hope they don't), any cash that's left over will go towards paying for gasoline on the journey from Houston to the middle of Nebraska in to see the eclipse in its totality.
Once again, I thank all who contribute to this GoFundMe campaign for their help in making my dream of seeing a total solar eclipse come true, as well as helping me take a big step in getting my life together again.
Unlike my last GoFundMe campaign, I promise to post regular updates of the situation as it develops, each time I take a step in the bureaucratic process of getting my license unsuspended. Luckily, my life isn't as hectic as it was at the beginning of the year during my last GoFundMe campaign. I'll even post pictures that I take of the total solar eclipse if I manage to meet the goal in time and my driver's license is unsuspended in time to drive to see it.
Normally I would take my time in saving this last bit of cash I need, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of time anymore. In just 5 weeks, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental US, an eclipse I've been dreaming of seeing for 14 years now, ever since I saw its date and location listed in the special features of a DVD. I want to be able to legally drive up to Nebraska to see it.
Unfortunately, according to their website, it could take up to three weeks for Austin to process my payment, which means that I have to get my payment to Austin no later than July 31st, two weeks from the day I'm posting this campaign, in order for my license to be unsuspended in time for me to be able to drive up to see the total solar eclipse.
Getting this money in time would mean so much more to me than just getting to see a rare celestial event. I would also finally be able to get a new job at an actual brick-and-mortar office, instead of scraping together money from the internet and selling things in my closet. I would finally be able to leave the financial hell I've been in for over 2 years now, and actually have gainful employment once again. I would finally be able to save a large amount of money again for times when I need it, like this one. I would finally be able to freely and legally travel far beyond my house once more.
So please, will you help me take the final step in getting my life back again?
I thank you so very much for helping me be able to live a dream and get my life back on track.
Some background:
This whole ordeal started over 2 years ago when I got a speeding ticket on a road trip in West Virginia, one which I thought I had paid off...until I got a letter from WV informing me that they didn't accept my check and another letter from the Texas DPS saying they had already suspended my DL as part of the NRVC. Suffice it to say that by the time I got that letter, I was already in dire straits financially because I had lost my last job, and losing my ability to legally drive only made it worse, flushing my life further down the sewage pipes.
After saving for the longest time, despite barely being able to make ends meet, I finally scraped together enough to pay off the expensive speeding ticket itself. That might have been the end of it, but unfortunately now Austin wants their piece of my pie in order to give me back my license.
The current goal is at $175 in order to ensure that after GoFundMe takes its cut, there's enough to pay the $100 base fee to Austin plus the extra money in additional processing and late fees that they may tack onto that base. If they don't tack on any additional fees (and I really hope they don't), any cash that's left over will go towards paying for gasoline on the journey from Houston to the middle of Nebraska in to see the eclipse in its totality.
Once again, I thank all who contribute to this GoFundMe campaign for their help in making my dream of seeing a total solar eclipse come true, as well as helping me take a big step in getting my life together again.
Unlike my last GoFundMe campaign, I promise to post regular updates of the situation as it develops, each time I take a step in the bureaucratic process of getting my license unsuspended. Luckily, my life isn't as hectic as it was at the beginning of the year during my last GoFundMe campaign. I'll even post pictures that I take of the total solar eclipse if I manage to meet the goal in time and my driver's license is unsuspended in time to drive to see it.
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Friendswood, TX