DMV

[Vanquisher]

looks at me... and says... YOU just got married???

Response, "And why would you say that, you bitter hag that works at the DMV?"

Yes, very mature. She probably thought you looked very young. Not infantile, just young! If not, she's an evil person you'll never see again. So, don't dwell on it.

It's so funny that there comes a time when you switch from hating being ID'ed, "don't I look old enough?" to hating when no one ID's you. "Do you need to see my ID? Please!" They look at you and roll their eyes and shake their head. You spend the next several hours in the bathroom looking in the mirror wondering when the change happened and if you need to start using age-defying products. "Do I have wrinkles already?"

[rainbabies]

Re: DMV

Response, "And why would you say that, you bitter hag that works at the DMV?"

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Heidi, I love your humor.

[Flynn]

I think I've been asked for my ID 5 times in the last 5 years.

[SuzySunshine]

Krystal - did you already get your social changed? You are speedy! I couldn't change anything until I got my social changed, maybe that was just California.

I hate name changes, their such a PIA!

[alison]

I didn't change my name... For a few reasons, but the biggest probably being that I hate standing in line for anything, especially at the DMV.

When I got my Illinois driver's license I was cocky. I didn't study for the written at all, and got burned. Not badly, but about 5 out of the 20 questions were WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN--your tire blows out, when you lose control, when you are hydroplaning.

You're lucky that your picture turned out well. It's for the next 4 years and at the rate you're going, you're going to have to show it a lot. Just kidding!!! :>

[Vishenka69]

Do you want to fly up and do all my name changes? It's been over 3 years and I still haven't done a thing.

Luckily DH takes care of all DMV stuff, so I don't have to deal with them too much.

[Sheherezade]

I didn't change mine for years. Then, I got notification that my married name was now a "legal alias" from the IRS. I guess they do know everything. I had my married name put on my license the next time I went in.

Funny thing happened this year - I finally went in to get my Ohio license and the nasty DMV lady made out my card with the name from my birth certificate (required) instead of my current ID!! So....after 18 years of marriage, I'm back to my maiden name. I can't charge anything if they ask me to show an ID, because the names don't match. It's a PITA. I have to go back in and have it changed another day.

Screw you, DMV! I just went there to get a LA license. It's true what they say. Huge lines, long wait, grossly inefficient. Plus the people smelled so bad, I thought I was at a NORML sit-in. It sucked balls in the worst possible way. I can't wait to hear how it goes for Mich when she finally does the deed.

[alison]

Speaking of bad smelling people. I feel so badly about this, but just don't know what to do... Namely, one of my students smells musty. Like an old closet. When she turns in her homework, the papers STINK! She is musty, her stuff is musty, and when she turns in a test, her test is musty!
It's not stink in the blatant, sweaty sort of way, but like an old closet full of moth balls. I grade her stuff at school and leave it there until the next class, just so that I don't have to bring it home.

I can deal with it and work around it. It doesn't get in the way of me giving her the attention she deserves as a student, but... gosh, it's so hard to get people to work with her on activities.

Any ideas?

[Sheherezade]

Stuff her with newspaper? Leave her outside for few sunny days?

That's what works for old furniture.

It's tricky to tell someone they have an odor issue. All the advice I read about that leaves me thinking the smelly friend will never recover from the humiliation of the "caring friend's concern". I say you just leave it be.

Maybe she leaves her clothes in the washer and they mildew? (Don't know how I'd know about that! ) That wouldn't explain the papers, though.

[alison]

Thanks for the feedback. She's a grad student, so it's not like I can talk to her parents.

I leave the door and windows open for circulation. And I think that's about all I can do to help the situation. Isn't that horrible? I try to ventilate the room to "air" her out!