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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Just Shoot Me Now
So....in the spirit of one of those embarrassing real life admissions that blogs let you make to the entire internet, here's my misery du jour:
On the way back from our little Girl's Weekend last month in Jackson, Mississippi, I somehow managed to misplace my driver's license. I had already looked through every jacket, pocket, purse lining, and magazine I could think of, and the last time I remembered having it was going through security. Over the weekend, when I was making my plans for vacation, it occurred to me that I needed to either find the damn thing, or replace it, since I couldn't very well travel or rent a car without one.
Last night, just before drifting off to sleep....it came to me.
My LAPTOP Case!!! I had it when I got on the plane!! Sure enough - in the outside pocket, there is my Driver's license - right where I left it when I boarded the plane over a month ago.
Snoopy Dance!!
And then I looked at it.....it expired 3 weeks ago on my birthday.
Yay - I get to spend this Saturday with the unwashed masses (literally) at Mondawmin Mall MVA.
Zenchick tried to comment, but karma and anti-spam measures conspired against her. Here's what she tried to convey:
"here's what I was trying to say: dude, first of all...if I drove for more than 30 seconds without my license, Murphy's Law dicates I'd be pulled over for some random thing and get slapped with a ticket. Second of all: go to Glen Burnie. Westminster, even. It's not as far as you think. And the crowd is a bit different :)"
Go to Mondawmin rather than Glen Burnie if you can. Glen Burnie is a hell hole and they haven't calibrated the driver's license camera since 1982, prepare to look like a ghost.
Zenchick - BTW, my karma is such that now that I have found the bugger and it's expired - NOW is when I am most likely to be pulled over for something between now and Saturday morning when I traipse to the MVA.
And I SWEAR I did not received a renewal notification. I'm good about that kind of stuff. Usually. I mean, most of the time. Sort of. Meh.
That will make for good blogging material.