I took today off because I had to get license plates for my new car. That in of itself wouldn\u2019t make you think \u201cUh, yeah! Whole vacation day! Who\u2019s Lazy?!\u201d \u2013 but this was one of those sequential things, like when you give a mouse a cookie. (Mmm, ok, let\u2019s not talk about mice.) Anyway, I needed to get plates. As long as I\u2019ve made the trek there, I should update my driver\u2019s license and have my current address on it. I thought this would take the same requirements as renewing, so I perused the website and discovered I would need seventeen different pieces of paper proving my existence in the universe and my place of residence \u2013 one of which was my social security card. <\/p>\n
Which, of course, was stolen in the burglary. So, now we back that thing up (call me Big Daddy) and put a trip to the Social Security office in front of the DMV. I thought about wrapping myself in red tape last night, just to mentally prepare. Let me just say that the DMV part of this excursion was a cakewalk. Though I did realize I\u2019d forgotten my insurance card in the car, and on my way back to the DMV, I did speedwalk so I\u2019d get in front of a very frail old lady who looked like she was going in to renew her license so she could drive to the cemetery and die. There wasn\u2019t too much waiting, but enough for me to notice the fact the staff at Ye Olde DMV is getting into the Halloween spirit. They have giant monsters and skeletons (like, people-sized and three-dimensional) and the eyes light up and sing. Sort of like Billy Bass on a whole new level. And yellow caution tape draped all over the posts and dividers that corral you into line. That\u2019s not what I expected. AT all. <\/p>\n
Speaking of things you don\u2019t expect, nor did I expect to have my purse searched by an armed security guard at the Social Security office. Thankfully, I did not have to remove my shoes, because it\u2019s freezing here and the floor was tile. The actual process to get a new card was straightforward, and I didn\u2019t have to wait too long, but long enough to see another armed guard stroll through, who later wished me a nice day in the parking lot \u2013 not that I could park there, because all the spaces were full. The whole armed-guard thing, juxtaposed with the mostly-elderly clientele, was the weirdest part of the whole morning. I marvel at my own na\u00efvet\u00e9 sometimes. As I was driving off, I couldn\u2019t believe I said it out loud, but I muttered, \u201cFreedom isn\u2019t free, is it Jennifer?\u201d And I answered myself with, \u201cIt\u2019s not the same kind of freedom anymore, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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