things are simple. Elegant. Beauty FULLL. just that. simple, elegant, Beauty FULL.
you sit and know that.
and then, you need to Go Out.
I am trying to get a California driver's license. My N Mex license expires on December 30. So...it's my fault that i waited. Mea Culpa. I'd thought that because i have a valid NM license it might be no biggie. It's a biggie. I thought that when i had to provide all kinds of proof when i applied for Social Security benefits, that would be enough.
Not.
I am at the DMV today and they don't have a sense of humor. Only once did a blank stare switch to something i might call WARMTH.
I tried to soften the experience by explaining to them that in the 1970's we did things because it was Interesting. Like name changes. That often in Native tradition, one changed their name to honor a different Vision. No one there was buying it.
i am missing a chunk of my "paper trail". No way around it. So i will spend the next some days, whatever it takes, obtaining records from 30 years ago. So i can take the Papers in. In the meantime, although i have a meticulous driving record, i will be traveling with Expired license. I asked her...can't you give me a note saying i'm Trying???? She stared blankly. OK then.
