Texas laws are evil...

Sorry for the lack of blog postings lately. I really just havent had anything interesting enough to talk about. Until now that is.

So this week I've been trying to get the rest of the stuff done for my ticket that I got forever ago. I had done everything but go to the DPS (which by the way stands for the Department of Public Stupidity or also known as the DMV, the Department of Money Vultures) to take a driving test. So I go to the McKinney DPS to take it and I wait an hour only to find out that you can only take it in the morning. So my mom and I look up all the rules and all the things you have to do for that and find out that you have to show up to the place at least an hour before it opens and wait at the door in line till they open and let you in to get an appointment to take your test later in the day....

So mom looked up where else they have DPS's not wanting me to wait in line for an hour with all the ghetto people of downtown McKinney all by myself, and finds one in Plano. So Thursday I get up at 5 45 in the morning (before God and all things holy even think about getting up) and I drive to Plano, get there at 6 30 and theres a good 20 people already there in line. So I sit down and join them thinking ok whatever at least I'll have people to talk to while I wait. Wrong. I was one of two white people out of the 20 in line and everyone else was speaking their own strange language. So I waited in silence for an hour and a half until I got my appointment to take my driving test an hour and a half later.

I wait

And wait

And wait

Finally I get to do it. But of course I get stuck with the mean black lady instructor person instead of the nice old man. I'm not racist I swear.

The first thing I have to do is parallel park. Not a big deal, I'm a good parallel parker. Wrong. Apparently on Thursday mornings I am a terrible parallel parker and I fail. The mean lady tells me I can come back tomorrow. (Yay I get to get up at 5 45 again in the morning.

So this morning I do the whole thing all over again ready for everything. Oh and Fridays the DPS opens at 8 instead of 7 30. So I decide to get there at the same time as yesterday anyway so I can be closer to the front of the line. Wrong. I get there at 6 30 again (an hour and a half before the place opens) and guess what. There like 25 people already there waiting.

But today I came prepared for the long wait and brought my Bible like a good little Christian girl.

Finally they open. I get my appointment to take my test again and I go and practice parallel parking like 20 times and then get in line.

Luck is finally with me! I get the nice old man!

He recognizes me from yesterday and asks what happened and why I'm back. I tell him and he gets in the car and we start the test. At this point I'm so nervous I'm about to pee my pants. But....I passed!!!

And then it was a long process of getting all the paperwork worked out and paying 10 bucks to get a new drivers license that I really don't need with a new picture that will be even worse than the one I had before (remember this is all happening before 10 AM)

To make an already very long story short. I finished everything I needed for my ticket and as soon as we get back from Desperation I will be a free woman!


Now my busy weekend is starting. I won't even go into everything that is going on this weekend because if I did by the time I finished the weekend would be over. Thank you for reading and have a good day.