We bit the bullet and went to the DMV yesterday to get our affairs in order so we can officially become North Carolinians again. Even the Concord DMV is pretty busy, and it probably didn't help that we got there around lunch time.
Other than the long wait, the only problem was the guy sitting next to us who wanted to tell us his whole life story. He regaled us with stories of unpaid car insurance, past car wrecks and the ongoing saga of dealing with an irresponsible tenant.
This went on for much less time than it seemed, I'm sure, but by then we were desparately watching the sign by the testing room, hoping that either his number or ours would suddenly appear. K didn't get to leave until after he started telling us about how he hadn't dated in more than 6 years.
I had to endure more before his number came up.
When I got to the testing room, I noticed K taking the computer test. Shit. Do I have to do that?
But then, I figured she probably asked to take the test to see how well she could do while waiting for the machine to spit out her license.
It took me all of five minutes to finish up. Turns out that my old NC license from before moving to Mary Land wasn't set to expire until next year, so they just treated this like I was getting a duplicate. Didn't even have to take the sign test.
K, on the other hand, had an expired NC license and thought that the sign for two-way traffic with median meant "Triangle Ahead."
Well, not really. And she aced the computer test, which she says a trained monkey with brain damamge could pass. So yeah, we feel reeeeal safe on the roads in NC now.
Getting the tag and title, though expensive, was quick. And, with a trip to Toyota for an oil change and state inspection, we were finally, officially, in NC again.
All of which was made easier to tolerate with the new iPod.
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