I was very proactive today. My driver's license expires on my birthday this year. I went online so I could see what sort of paperwork I might need to take with me to the DMV. There was a form. I downloaded and printed the form. I used a really nice blue pen. My best handwriting. When I got to the DMV I found out there was a 45 minute wait. Not the end of the world, but long enough to complain on facebook about it. I was informed by a friend that if I had bothered to continue to look online I would have found that there is a way to signup digitally for a specific call time so I don't have to wait in line so long. Doh. But I chatted it up with a nice woman about books.* So, but, when I was finally called back I got my picture taken and I took the eye test. I tried a few jokes out, but the woman behind the counter was quintessential grumpy. Turns out the internet also forgot to inform me that because I was changing my address, I needed to have two pieces of proof. I didn't have those. But even if I had, I still wouldn't have been able to get my license. Apparently there is a 90 day window before your license expiration date that you must use. Not before. Certainly not after.
So even when I tried to get ahead, I end up behind.
Fucking metaphors, man.
I want to go skydiving in the mountains. Before the summer is over.
*Joyce Carol Oates: The Man Without A Shadow
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