I received a friendly card in the mail a few weeks ago from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) informing me that I had to renew my driver's license this year before my birthday. So a couple of weeks ago, I loaded up the kids (and a bag full of library books) and headed to Louisburg, our county seat. I told the kids we would possibly be there all morning as it was Friday. When we finally found the little brick building hiding behind the really big hotel, we were pleasantly surprised to see an empty parking lot. ("Oh my, is this a holiday? I don't think so.") Here are a few lessons I learned that Friday morning...
1. An empty parking lot does NOT mean you will be in and out in a timely fashion.
2. Just because you are the only person signed in for assistance does NOT mean you will be called quickly.
3. Those letters and numbers in the vision testing machine are not as clear as they were four years ago. The DMV needs to get their machines tested and refocused.
4. There is a reason all those REALLY BIG SIGNS are hanging on the walls. It's not for the entertainment of your children. (I almost failed the test because I didn't remember "Do Not Pass". Thankfully when I looked at my children to check on them, that sign was hanging on the wall just beyond them!)
5. It's impossible to take a good picture when your children are whispering, "Mommy, what are you doing? Mommy, why are you sitting there? Mommy, what is that man doing with that machine? Mommy, can we go now?" At least they remembered to not talk loudly while they were waiting.
6. It costs a small fortune to renew your driver's license for eight years. Hopefully, they'll use that money to get those vision testing machines refocused before I have to go back!
5 comments:
hehe...
-shawn
Where were your snazzy new glasses?
~H
Ahhhh. Just one of the joys of "fortyishhood". (yes, I just inventeed that word)
Brian
I take it the DMV officials were not amused?
Sounds like you had a good day. Hey, you could have failed the test and had to gone back another time. I remember when I was 13 years old and had been wearing glasses for years and that machine told me I didn't need glasses any more. That was a great day for me even though I had been telling my mother for two years I could see but she didn't think I knew what I was talking about. But then it came that time when I was about 40 something that I had to put glasses back on. My glasses are one of my best friends.
Mother
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