License to Drive

I discovered that my driver's license was expired. Oops. It was only by a few days but it gave me a strange feeling because I remember when I got it I thought that 2012 was so far away I was pretty much set for life on the driver's license. I felt the same way about the passport. "Ten years. Sheesh! How am I ever going to live ten years. I mean, by then I'll be like 29. " Well apparently the average human lifespan is longer than 25 years so I did have to renew my driver's license. Who knew?

My new diver's license picture is even more horrible than usual. I had my eyes open rather wide in an attempt to avoid blinking or looking completely stoned and my ID photos often look. I also sort of attempted to smile. Bad idea. I had just been to the dentist, and part of my face was still numb. Let's just say I look like I am planning to eat the lady behind the camera.

Well, maybe I was. Fortunately the moment I had the piece of paper in hand that says I can legally operate a car again, I forgot all about my plans to become a cannibal in my joy to escape the DMV and get out into the ridiculously hot April day. Eighty degrees in April!