The DMV, yuck.

Well I renewed my license by mail in December. I knew they had received the renewal because my check was cashed, but I never received my new license in the mail. So I finally went to the DMV today. I had an appointment for 9:45, but arrived at 9:15 for good measure. After 2 hours of waiting, I finally was called to the counter. Turns out that the reason that my license wasn't mailed to me was because my Wisconsin driver's license had been suspended due to a speeding ticket I paid late in 2006. I received no notice of that whatsoever. Anyway I had to call WI and pay $60 to lift the suspension on a license I don't even have anymore. The kicker is I still have to go back to the DMV to get my CA license renewed. I was so frustrated. Yuck.

Anyway, now that I have that off my chest I can say that the last few weeks since I last posted here have been pretty good. We had a wonderful fourth of July in Albuquerque. It was everything 4th of July should be with great weather, a barbecue, and great fireworks. I had a lot of fun with fireworks that we bought at one of those great roadside stands. The kids enjoyed the fireworks almost as much as I did. Ethan got a little nervous with the really loud ones, and preferred to watch from a greater distance, but Alex and Kai both really got into them. We spent a lot of quality time with Matthew, Maureen, and Tiffany. I was especially excited to see Tiffany and her cute tiny baby bump. Tiffany taught us a new card game called Dutch Blitz. It is a lot of fun and we played it often. We got home from Albuquerque on Tuesday AM the 6th and I worked that night and every night since. I am thankful that the census at the hospitals has picked up and I am getting my shifts. With Lilah and Alex going to the Rock Academy this fall it will be nice to have all of my shifts. Not too much else going on lately. Miles is crawling all over the place now. Now that he has figured out crawling he moves pretty quickly. He already wants to walk and he will be before we know it.

Have a great day Everyone,
Suzanne