Hate the DMV. Don't hate the nice DMV worker who helped me (and who I have to return to today), but hate the DMV in general.
I just wanted to hate on the DMV a little more. They still have my Passat listed in Athens. Despite me spending 45 minutes at the counter (not counting wait time) to register it here. They have my address right, but they didn't change hte car's address, and thus mailed my stickers to Athens.
And their website is no help, and their customer service number is totally borked.
I understand she feels terribly ineffectual, and me being old enough to have adult kids of my own doesn't lessen her conviction that she should be able to make this all go away.
I can totally see feeling that way.
That's interesting, ita. Thanks for that perspective.
hmmm I wonder if Pete is playing Halo 3?
Oh yes. I finished the Campaign and now I'm upping the difficulty level and going back around again.
Eep! I just made an appt for GF and I to talk to a designer about starting a bathroom remodel! I'm both excited and terrified at the prospect.
Good god, Raq. It's a sad sad day when the DC DMV is the one getting praise, I tell ya. I went there after Vortex did, and whipped through the drive-through lane in ten minutes (though the walk up lane was much longer, the drive through is only for renewals). It was awesome.
AND the Apple Store fixed my computer (by giving my laptop a whole new keyboard!) in just a couple hours! YAY, go them.
Congratulations sj!!!
Someday, ita maybe PC can do all that. But in all honesty your mother has NEVER sounded as crazy and unfair and manipulative as PCs. Yours always sounded like a pretty typical mother other than the whole near-genius thing. PCs sounded like someone fighting to be in absolute control of PCs life - not just overprotective but trying to own him. I'm sure PCs mom is doing it out of love - but his mother and yours don't seem comparable. I mean whether your mother always respects them or not it seems like she's always acknowledged the existence of boundaries. (It actually sounds like your Mother mostly respects them too, but that is based only on what you post publicly on b.org.) So PC shouldn't give up, but it does not sound like he should have comparable expectations either.
I finished the Campaign and now I'm upping the difficulty level
Holy crap.
Have we mentioned Pete's, er,
obsessive
nature when it comes to video games?