I should wait until after that trip, yes? The airport won't take a paper license, will they? How do they handle folks that have temporaries?

Oregon gave me a scannable paper license and the real one arrived in well under a week. Different states, different weirdness.

I did have to take the written (shutupshutupshutup, yes I failed the first time because I hadn't even looked at the booklet. Who goes to the DMV and gets called up two minutes later? I am from California, I figured I had a couple of hours...) but not the driving because I was swapping from one validly licensed state to another.

Um, and I might have waited two and a half years until my CA was expiring. But I would have been mildly in trouble (fixit ticket) if I'd been pulled over during that time.

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Oregon gave me a scannable paper license and the real one arrived in well under a week.

That said, I flew a couple of days later with my passport. But I rented a car easily enough with the paper.

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I did have to take the written

In NC, everyone has to take the written, and it's a constant refrain from new arrivals that they (a) failed the first time and (b) didn't think you'd have to study for such a thing once you'd been driving for a while. IOW, I'm not about to laugh at you.

On the plus side, they do make you a license on the spot, and if it's a really slow day they might even let you have a do-over on an especially bad photo.

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Raq that is messed up. Hope you enjoy your new house (hottub!).

So I went crazy with the shopping this weekend. Want to see my haul? Here goes:

Vest: [link]

Tops:

• This one in pink: >[link]
• This one in white (not sure why it's not on the site): >[link]
• This one in light blue: >[link]
• [link] (I think I'm wearing it with khakis for my wedding outfit + the gold shoes below)

Jacket: Super cute tan corduroy jacket from J Crew (couldn't find it on their Web site)

Shoes (big sale at Clarks so I got two pair):

• >[link]
• >[link]

Wallet: [link]

I told you I went nuts!

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CA makes you take the written as well, and they make you RE-TAKE it if you're there for any sort of state change (new classification, new address) on your DL and it's been over a year since you took it. Got ambushed by that one last year when I went to take the motorcycle written.

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Nicole's bf said that it is a basic trade in, no written automatically necessary, but I forgot to ask if I got instant license or not.

I'll encourage mom to go get hers and have her be my guinne pig informant.

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Liv's doing much better. Doctor said it's probably viral and looks like it's in her throat, as well. We'll buy more popsicles and children's tylenol and keep an eye on it. She and Owen are presently playing quietly with some playdoh.

Uh, cut that "quietly" part. They're fighting over the hot pink. *sigh* I hate taking them both into the doctor's office at the same time. It makes me a frazzled, crazed looking idiot.

Glamcookie lives up to her name.

Raq, I continue with the WTF and the jaw-dropping gall of these people. I hope their new tenants sue their asses.

In other, more pleasant news, we got some Harry & David pears as thank you gifts from our house guests and I pronounce them YUM!

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I did have to take the written

Every state I've be re-licensed in has required a written exam: Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Illinois. I don't know about Colorado because that was where I got my license at 16, so of course I had the written and driving tests.

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{{{Liv}}}

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NY didn't require retaking the written since my CT license was still valid. NY mailed you the license, but they would show you the photo on the spot and let you retake it if you didn't like the first one.

I never got a MD license despite living there 2 years (I didn't own a car so I figured they couldn't really do much about it). California made me retake the test, but it was pretty easy with a bit of review of specific things (like parking on hills).

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