EEEK! Drivers Beware ....

Cori is on the Road!

Yesterday, Cori and Robin and I spent a long morning at the DMV in Lawrenceville. We went on the assumption that we would be "in and out in no time" according to what we'll now refer to as an unreliable source! After 4 hours of listening to a woman's computerized voice chiming out constantly "Now serving- G613 at counter number - 14" we were ready to scream! I mean, it's not like we were going to get ice cream or anything when we got there! Ready to serve ... my eye!

But like many good troopers, after an hour of squirming, we accepted that this was going to take a while and settled in to do some people watching. Some things we realized while we were there:

1) most of the folks there yesterday did NOT speak English.

2) most of the cheerleaders were more concerned with their photos than their driving exam

3) Cheerleaders moms are heard to say, "gosh, I hope its a good photo!" (maybe they'll use it in their portfolio ... ya think?)

4) Boys pretend to NOT know their mothers when they are at the DMV. In fact, they sit on the other side of the big office if at all possible.

5) You cannot play video games on the DMV computers.

6) Not a single person who works at the DMV can get an applicant through the entire operation to get a license. Each person has such high developed, specialized skills that they can only do one part of the job. (Thus we were called 4 times to different windows for different activities).

7) "That's a really dumb rule" is not a good answer.

8) Nuns can curse in Guatemalan. I'm pretty sure the nun that was there was NOT doing any sort of holy dispensation with the gentleman who was "serving" her at Window #16.

9) My oldest is smarter than she thinks she is. And my youngest is going to make me old before my time. "How come I'm the ONLY one in the family who can't have a license?" Maybe because you're ONLY 10!

10) Every learner's permit should come with some sort of prescription for a relaxant for the parents.

All that being said, we're very proud that Cori is now on the road to being on the road.

Ya'll watch out !