Goodbye Florida Driver's License - I'll Miss You!
Well, I guess it is finally official. I'm a Texan. Hmm, don't know how I feel about that one......not really bad, but not super excited or anything. I had to surrender my Florida driver's license today and have my ID card cut at the top. Now I have two pieces of paper to use until whenever it is they decide to send me my new driver's license and ID card. It's a funny thing because in Florida, when you go to the DMV, they print out your license/id immediately. It's all digital photos and information anyways so you sit there for 5 or 10 minutes and out it comes. Not sure why a huge state like Texas can't seem to master that one but I guess so. I think when I got my Texas ID card a few years ago, it took about two weeks to come in the mail - today she said it could take up to 30 days but hopefully it won't take that long. It's taken awhile to make the name change official so I'm ready to move this process along! ;)
Sara & I embarked on our adventure at 10:30 this morning to try to avoid the lunch crowd. It was a good thing that we got there when we did because we were lucky to only have to wait a few minutes to get the paperwork we needed and then got to get back in the front of the long line that formed shortly after we got there. All in all, it took us with drive time about 1 hour and 30 minutes which isn't all that bad considering we had to drive, park, stand in line, I had to take two pictures, and then drive back and pick up a little something for Sara's lunch. There was a poor guy behind us that was in the military and had had his things stolen so he had NO identification - no passport, no military ID, no license, SS card, birth certificate, nothing. He couldn't get on base without ID but he couldn't get a new ID without proof of other identification. He was in a royal mess for sure! Felt bad for him.....
When it was my turn to go up after filling out the form, I thought I would at least attempt the vision test without glasses first (I usually only use them for reading, etc. but I swear my eyesight gets increasingly worse as days go by and I have to sit in front of a computer screen all day long). So I hand over my paperwork, pay the fees, sign off on everything, and then she says let's do the vision test. Read Line 5. Now usually there are letters in this sort of device. I actually passed the vision test 2 years ago in Florida when I went to renew my license. This one was NUMBERS. Okay, numbers are very difficult to distinguish especially when you are trying to fake it. So I had the dreaded item added to my driver's license because I ended up giving up and grabbing my glasses. I then could see perfectly fine. If only it had been letters, I might have had a chance. Oh well! I'm hoping to get Lasik surgery in the next few years so whenever that happens, I'll be able to get that removed from my driver's license.
So as I said earlier, got my license taken away, id cut up, and now have two pieces of paper and hope they come sometime soon. That's annoying but at least it's done now, and luckily it wasn't too painless. Oh and I can prove I'm Mrs. Stevens now too! :)
2 Comments:
heeehee! congrats on the new DL. we welcome you to Texas, even though you've been here for several years now. glad you're official.
Yeah I figured it was about time since I've been here for 7.5 years. Ugh, I'm getting old! But no better time than now with a new address, new last name, and new car with Texas tags! ;)
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