Today I bid farewell to a good friend that has been with me for many, many years. We started our friendship when I was only 16 years old and since then I've changed and matured a lot. But we remained friends.
We've shared good times and bad, me and my friend. When I got my first speeding ticket, my friend was there just as he was there when I got my second ticket (no details need to be disclosed about that one). My friend was right by my side when I had my parking "accident" at Triangle Square. Those were some of the bad times. But my friend was there on numerous road trips (like the one to LA to see Wicked), sporting events and scenic drives through mountain passes. Those were some of the good times. And we remained friends.
My friend ratted out my identity once to the cops when they were called out to the park where some other friends and I were playing capture the flag late one summer night. But my friend also gave me and and my other friends some great opportunities for fun and perhaps slightly mischievious doings. So we remained friends.
My friend has stayed with me throughout all the moves I've made in life, from CA to UT, and even for two years in Japan when I never had need of or called on my friend. Still we were friends.
But today I have to say goodbye. I delayed doing so for as long as I could because I held my friend so dear to my heart. But there are forces and powers that I have to obey and they are forcing this friendship to end. Thus I bid farewell to my good friend: my CA driver's license.
On a side note, I welcome a new friend: my UT driver's license. May our good times be as good and may there be no bad times (though I know there will be).
On another side note, what's up DMV? Did I REALLY have to wait 3 freakin' hours while giving up my lunch break to switch my license? Isn't there a quicker way to move people through the maze of lines and numbers, desks and paperwork? Or are you in a competition with other states to see who can be more devious and cruel to the people who have no choice but to enter your cursed doors??? I'd say you're pretty high in the rankings. Go DMV!!!
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i loved reading this post - mostly because i have to do it too - not that i want to spend 3 hours in the DMV line - but it made me think of all the good times i've had with my dear old friend...
it's funny because a friend of mine at work has to renew his license too so we have been discussing strategies on how to beat the DMV and spend as little time there as possible. :)
You - getting into mischief? Unheard of...but, whatever happened to those traffic barricades I found in the trunk of the Sentra? They disappeared as mysteriously as they appeared. How odd.
I also parted with my CO drivers license last week. It was my last act of defiance at becoming a UT citizen. I'm sorry for your loss. I wish you all the best in the future.
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