Snuggle Session

Somedays Linus is super extra sweet. Yesterday when I wasn't feeling well, I told him I needed a snuggle session. He flopped over to me (we were on the bed) and practically put his head on top of mine. Kinda like this:

The Expired License

I have decided to change my life. I have finally realized there's not much life to be lived in a life that's been given up on. And I'm much too young and adventurous and brave to give up. There are many things that I want to change and just thinking about them all overwhelms me.

So what I'm going to do is break it all down into small steps. I will blog about it here. That way I can (hopefully) encourage others along the way and be able to look back and encourage myself when I'm feeling less than motivated. And because my life is too ridiculous to keep the story all to myself :)

Without further ado, I present to you,

Case #1: The Expired License

My drivers license expired March 9, 2012. The day after my birthday (yeah, I know... happy birthday to me!). I had been dreading getting it renewed for over a year. See, I have a Pennsylvania license, but now live in California, so it's not as simple as sending in the correct paperwork to renew it, I must take the written driving test to get a new California license. I HATE TESTS.

So, I put this off until now. Sadly, I haven't driven since March and it is now the end of July. This is getting a little ridiculous. I can't go anywhere! Well, I finally worked up the courage to take the test, to get my license.

On my first trip to the DMV, I walked leisurely in with no appointment at noon. First mistake. I waited in line and was turned away because I didn't bring in any certified identification. Second mistake. I walked out and immediately hopped on their website to make an appointment for later. 3:55 pm; great, see ya in a few hours.

I gather up all of the identification that they said I would need: my birth certificate and my marriage certificate. I arrive a few minutes early and proudly cut in front of everyone at the line because I could do that- I had an appointment! The receptionist ruffles through some papers and then turns to her computer. She says over her shoulder, "Your appointment is at 3:55 on THURSDAY". It was Monday. Third mistake.

Because I didn't want to wait that long, I showed up a day or so later at 7:28 AM. The DMV doesn't open till 8, but I planned it carefully that way. There were two people already waiting and two more cars pulling in, so I rushed to the line that had formed outside the door. I was the third person in the door and somebody helped me immediately. The lady looked skeptically at my marriage certificate and then whispered to the lady behind her. That's NEVER a good sign. She turned back around and said, "This isn't a valid marriage certificate". WHAT?!?!?! I asked her to please take another look- it says Certificate of Marriage at the top and is signed and sealed by the Justice of the Peace. "No, this isn't valid. Look it expired in July of 2010" as she pointed to the fine print at the very bottom of the page. "Technically you aren't married" she half joked; except it didn't feel funny at all.

My next mission is to get in touch with the State of Delaware to get the official, certified marriage certificate so that I can prove that I am who I say I am so that I can take the test so that I can acquire a California drivers license. I'll keep you posted on what happens next... dun dun dun...