Happiness Abounds!

I got my driver's license today! Whoopee! I left the Motor Vehicle Commission all smiles and I even squealed. The woman directing people at the door laughed when she heard me. I kept staring at my new license and as soon as I got out the parking lot, I skipped all the way to my car. Then I looked at my license again in the car. My picture was terrible. I wasn't wearing any makeup to mask my blotchy skin and they told me not to smile so my face is all lined and solemn. I look like some kind of prisoner or inmate. Or a zombie. Also, I had butchered an attempt to cut my bangs a few weeks earlier and so I usually keep my bangs pinned up so people couldn't tell. Well, for the picture, my bangs made an extra special escape from my pins and showed up in the picture. I was wearing a black coat at the time, too so that did nothing for my colouring. All of this culminated to the effect of making me look like a women who had aged about 20 years...and who had terrible, slant-cut bangs.

That didn't dampen my mood, however, as I rejoiced over the newfound privileges I gained with having a license. Now I no longer have to whip out my postal letter for proof of residence. I can just whip out my driver's license instead and we can all have a good laugh at my picture. This license to drive is like a new lease on life, and I'm going to enjoy it for all it's worth.