One of the benefits of working from home like a hermit is that I don't have to deal with the anguished cries of co-workers who "lost the internet", "got a Word virus that deleted my menu thing", and think you can open any file created in ANY program (like, say, Adobe Illustrator) through Word, and if you CAN'T open it, then the file is "a virus".

All true.

"It didn't save my changes!" "Did you save it?" "It didn't say I had to!" "When you closed it, did it ask if you wanted to save it?" "I just closed that window, I didn't read it. This is such a piece of crap!"

Sigh.

Yeah, I once let my Driver's License expire - and that's not on some random day, it was my birthday!

Yes, but I maintain the year it expires is totally random and therefore forgettable. Until it happens. I once had to run out and renew on my bday because I had forgotten it was about it expire. Duh!

Renewing driver's licenses has become a huge pain now that we've got to have all these damned identifying documents. I had to get my birth certificate and marriage license to prove my existence and justify the name difference between current DL and birth certificate. I got Hubby's adoption papers from Hawaii on the off chance his California birth certificate had a different name on it, but California had a revised certificate with his adopted name on it. Which I didn't realize because Hawaii was a whole lot more efficient about getting documents back to me than California was, but it was fun chatting with the folks in the Hawaiian state records office. They do answer the phone with Aloha.

Ugh, I think I'm going to get a new DL this year, even though I still have a year to go on my NY license. I mean, I've been in MA for five years! I've just been avoiding the DMV (RMV) since I don't actually drive.

The Virginia DMV was absolutely insane when I was trying to get my DL here. It took three visits and multiple offerings of paperwork.

When Uber did the background check on me, I found out that my driving record "only" goes back to 1982 -- which is the year I switched over to an MA license from a NJ one. Not that there were any tickets or anything outstanding.

Not totally coincidentally, I don't think I got a car until sometime in 1985.

Let me tell you after a morning of talking to peopledriving and then tutoring a loud bunch of (thankfully) attentive teenagers, I'm socially wore out.

I used to have to write down the expiration date of my DL on a lot of forms, so I knew when to renew it, but I don't remember having to do that recently. Huh.

I should check my auto registration, it's due early in December. I think I paid it as soon as I got the notice (old car = cheap registration so I can just get it out of the way immediately), but I should double check.

I love having a somewhat reliable car, it means I don't have to go into the inspection process expecting to have an expensive repair on top of it. Oh, wait, not all states require a vehicle safety and emissions inspection as part of registration.

In California, I used to get a business envelope with my renewal information. In Colorado it is a small postcard. Way too often I miss the card or get it and put it in "a safe place". Now I try to look at the month on my plate whenever I walk up to my car. Though at the moment, I sure couldn't tell you when it will renew.

I do need to go to DMV and get my address updated and HOPEFULLY get a new picture. My current picture is beyond hideous.