“Not” Damned By The DMV
February 26th, 2008 @ 11:43 am by Mrs. Kiwi
In my previous blog about the DMV, I told you all about being denied the ability to change my name to First Maiden Newlast. Well, my darling readers, I made myself an 8:45am appointment at the Culver City DMV, planning on being denied for a third time.
Despite being allowed to sleep in this morning until 8am (unlike my usual wakeup time at 6:15am), I woke up at 6:30 anyway. My stomach was turning with the anticipation of the morning’s appointment, and it was all I could do to not show up an hour early! It was nice, though, taking my sweet time getting ready, sitting on the couch in my jammies with Woofie on my lap, watching last night’s Oscar fashion roundup.
Finally, it came time to go, and I made sure to bring my manila folder that contained my marriage certificate, my new DMV application that I filled out last night, my new Social Security card, my IRA statement, insurance cards and ATM cards that had my new information on it. What was I trying to do? Honestly, I was thinking I could collect as much information with my new name on it, hoping they would just give in.
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