Ugh…yesterday just wasn’t my day…It started out by early alarm clocks, and went downhill from there (I’m only speaking for myself here, Casey had one of his best days I think!)
So, after getting ready, and heading out the door, it took us about 5 buses and almost 3 hours to get to the Department of State (Chicago-style DMV). We were on a mission to get Illinois drivers licenses…but I ended up back at home without one almost 6 hours later…I didn’t realize (or forced myself to believe it wasn’t true) that I did in fact need my social security card; being the stubborn kind girl that I can be, I felt that I would be able to show them one of the other 7 forms of ID in place of that…but no. I couldn’t get a license, couldn’t register to vote, couldn’t legally change my name, and couldn’t even take the written driving exam (Casey got 100% on that, of course).
Well, there’s a happy ending to this tale…I finally ate some food (after only having yogurt for 6 hours), realized I’ll be able to figure out a great bus route for the next time I have to go to that scary place where everyone seems pissed off…and what really made my day was receiving a care-package/birthday gift in the mail from Clare and Kai!!! It was so wonderful…full of goodies, candy, spices, and even boxed vino that didn’t explode in the mail! Thank you my friends!
…And today has been a super awesome day…Casey got a dream job at SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) in the photo department, the coffee bean grinder arrived along with the French press, I got an email contact for a woman who can give me the art teaching job of my dreams, and tonight we have plans to go back to the Irish pub (my new favorite place!) to hear more traditional Irish live music! (check out the flickr site in the Quinn section to your right for a short video clip of this Irish pub!)
