So this month i turned 21 and it was sort of exciting. 21 means a lot of things but one that i was unfortunately forced to participate in was that i HAD to get a new drivers license. I can't tell you how much I have been dreading my trip to the DMV. They now require so much paperwork and information! For those who don't know you can no longer renew your license through the mail, just my luck! You now HAVE to go to the DMV and show them your social security card, drivers license and two pieces of mail that verify your address. I knew in order to avoid long lines and unplesant people i'd have to get up early and go. Everyday after my birthday i made a goal to get up early and go. Anyone that knows me probaby knows how well that went! For some reason i have this inability to get up early. The only way i can get up is if i have somewhere i need to be, somewhere urgent. I finally gave up on my goal to get there early and just got up when i felt like it. I went and to my surprise the wait was over TWO HOURS!!! I was not about to sit with a bunch of strangers waiting for something that just wasn't that urgent! So i turned around and left. I promised myself that after seeing that, i'd make sure and get their early the next time i try.
So about a week after that i tried REALLY hard to get up early but i just couldn't! When i finally got my lazy butt out of bed i showered and got ready. I knew that long lines or not i HAD to get my licensed renewed. I decided I wanted to beat the odds, i wanted my dmv picture to look amazing. I took my time getting ready, making sure my hair and make up looked perfect! Embarssing as it is to admit, i even practiced the kind of smile i wanted to be in my picture. This was the photo that would represent me on every legal record for the next FIVE years. I was not going to let myself look bad, not this time! Once i got to the dmv the sign on the door said it was about an hour wait. I figured i could wait an hour. Alsot the prospect of having to prep for another day at the dmv was not appealing to me. I got to the dmv took my number, filled out an application and took my seat. When i go there they were on number 630, my number was 663. I tried not to think about the long wait i had ahead of me so i pulled out my book and tried to read. At first i thought that maybe this wouldn't be so bad but typical of the dmv there was this SCREAMING baby! Usually i can handle a little crying from a baby but oh my goodness i have NEVER heard a baby scream that loud and for that long! I wanted to pull my hair out! Once the baby finally stopped crying i thought that maybe i'd finally be able to sit in peace. But no that was not in the cards for me. This lady and her mom decided to sit next to me and have the loudest conversation ever! I ignored them the best i could and waited and waited and waited for my number to be called. After about an hour i still had about 15 people a head of me. As time past i was beginning to get nervous. I was suppose to work at two and it was getting closer and closer to the moment when i'd have to give up and leave. About the time i was going to give my number to some lucky stranger, they called my number.
The whole process too a matter of seconds. In my excitement to finally get this over with, I completely forgot about the fact that i was going to try and actually look good in my picture. As soon as a sat down and faced the camera i froze. I forgot all the things i was going to do so i didn't look compeletly horrible. Before i could regain my composer the picture was already taken. In my picture i actually looked dumb founded, like i had no clue there was a camera taking a picture of me! My resulting picture was so bad it made rosie o'donnell look like the most beautiful woman in the world. Needless to say i will guard that picture with my life and as soon as i can i will DESTROY it! Ever since the experience I want to run and hide everytime i see a camera. I don't know why i put myself through this kind of stuff but i'm just glad i won't have to think about it for another five years.
I like this cartoon because my face literally looked like some of those people on the shirts!
