I'm never, ever moving out of this state... ever

Nick and I spent our entire day jumping through hoops for the Department of Motor Vehicles. All we wanted to do was get our new licenses (I'm pretty sure our 30 days are UP!) and register our vehicles here... that's it.

Now I know why we've been putting this off for months and months. It's just a total nightmare.

Neither one of us got our new license... I couldn't get mine because I need a certified copy of my marriage certificate. This really boggles my mind. I've been married for over 7 years... my name has been changed on EVERYTHING for years and years and years... my Social Security card reflects my married name; why in God's name is THAT not enough to prove to the DMV that I'm who I say I am?? If the federal government recognizes me for who I am, then I'd say that should be enough for the DMV. Sheesh.

So, I had to apply online for a copy of my marriage certificate because I lost the original years ago, probably during one of our many moves. Who knows. I haven't seen the thing in eons. And I've gotten several drivers licenses since I was married, without the stupid thing. grrrrrrr. Anyway, applied online, paid $23 to have it expedited. And I'll be lucky to see it in 10-14 days. Fabulous.

I didn't register my car here because they want to charge me sales tax (because I didn't buy the car here and they didn't get that chunk o' change to begin with... pity). I have to travel to my county courthouse to fill out a form to be exempt from this tax (I have no clue why I'm exempt, but supposedly if I fill out this magical form, I won't have to pay that $450... that's worth a trip to the courthouse, right?).

Nick couldn't get his license because he has a CDL and it's complicated. Maybe he'll bitch about it on his blog because I don't even have the energy to type up that whole story (plus he's in desperate need of blogging material anyway...).

We DID manage to get one thing accomplished: Nick's truck has tags and an inspection sticker!! We opted to go ahead and pay the sales tax on his truck, because it was a fraction of what mine was going to be. And because his out-of-state tags were going to expire in 3 days... so his tags were much more urgent than mine, which don't expire until NEXT September.

Oh goody. I can put this off even LONGER now. I am not looking forward to repeating this day anytime soon. Although I did really enjoy spending an unexpected day with my husband. Even if he was cussing for most of it...