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This entry was posted on 3/7/2007 11:37 AM and is filed under uncategorized.

Yesterday I went to the DMV. I know, what the hell was I thinking? But when your state is responsible for randomly giving driver's licenses to terrorists, then they get all bad-ass and change the laws and now decent, self-respecting citizens are forced to GO TO THE DMV to get a license renewed. Ridiculous, I know.

I left The Boys with their dad because what reeks more of tuberculosis more than the DMV? That and hepatitis-es. I don't know which ones, but until The Baby has his 17th booster shot to protect him, it's better to be safe rather than sorry. I would have gone during the day, but The Boys dad determined that 5:30 p.m. was the best time for me to go. Because what better time to go than when The Baby has reached maximum overload and is wailing?

So after perusing the DMV website 60 times to make sure I had THE EXACT PAPERWORK I need to renew my license, I was off to the mall DMV.

Where I was told that since my license expired last week, I now needed to prove my legal residency in this country. And my marriage license, which clearly meets the definition of "secondary proof" does not show legal residency proof. Even though I had to show my birth certificate to GET MY EFF-ING MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE and it clearly states that I was born in a quaint country town in one of the 13 original COLONIES, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, was not THE legal residency proof I needed. Now I needed to show my driver's license and my birth certificate or passport. Those are my only options.

If I am not a United States citizen, then I can show one of, and I am quoting here, 47 different INS documents which will show various stages of legality in this country.

The driver's license is 6 days expired and now I need to prove that I am legal. My passport is with my birth certificate. And God in heaven himself only knows where those two things are. My husband cracked open the safe to discover his passport, 2 old passports and The Boy's passport, our marriage cert, The Boy's birth certificate and nothing else. I'm starting to smell a conspiracy here.

Mama's passport is no where to be found. What if Hillary becomes president? How am I ever going to flee? Just like the bureaucratic government to screw the regular people. This definitely stops terrorism. Who would have thought that all it would take is making it impossible to get a driver's license?

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3/7/2007 12:03 PM amy wrote:
I'd ask which DMV location you went to, but it really wouldn't matter (though picturing you in line at the mall strikes me as particularly hilarious). God, I hope you didn't say the word "colonies" to whomever happened to be behind the desk ... they probably gave you 'that look' that simply indicated they have no idea where that little town is really located.
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3/7/2007 1:31 PM Trena wrote:
As I live in the same great state, albeit much further to the south, I TOTALLY feel your pain.
When I first moved here, I was floored by how much 'documentation' I would be required to show in order to have a license granted to me. To make it even more fun? I wasn't born in the US (on US soil outside the US, but still not in the US). Let's just say that in Idaho, things are alot more relaxed and alot easier.
Don't even get me started on inspection stickers (Idaho is one of the few states that doesn't require them).
Good luck finding your passport.
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3/7/2007 7:17 PM Tara wrote:
God Bless the USA. How flipping annoying. I hate government agencies. H . A. T. E. hate them.

I am currently wanted in my state because some ass who bought my minivan got a ticket and did not pay it. Even though I am out of the USA -- the buerocrats cannot be reasoned with. They say it is my problem.

Look at it this way. You get another few hours of solitiude when you go back with that passport that you WILL find.
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3/8/2007 6:20 PM Nancy wrote:
Yep! got to love those DMV personnel; who by the way mostly likely weren't even born in the US of A. My husband went 4 or 5 times to the DMV in NY before recieving our tags. Each time being told he required yet another flipping piece of documentation. By the last time he was ready to give blood or draw blood. I thought he was going to go postal... Ironically when we moved back south 9 mos. later Georgia didn't even show our cars registered in NY and reissued us our Georgia tags. I thought my husband was going to erupt.
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3/9/2007 6:07 PM Nancy (Donna's Neighbor) wrote:
Hey there! Congrats on the new baby - Glad everyone is happy and healthy!
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3/13/2007 11:20 PM InterstellarLass wrote:
In Texas, you can go to any public records office and get a copy of a birth certificate within a few minutes. But I too hate the DMV. There's no excuse for them. You had a license before. How the hell did you get that one? I mean, really. And I bet you only looked terroristic after spending the day with a 2 year old and a newborn. Did you mention that to them? With the crazy twitch in your eye?
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