This is how I've spent my last three mornings...
Monday: wake up, work out, shower, get dressed, shovel down a few spoonfuls of cereal while getting the kids dressed, get in the car, ride to DMV (they call it the DPS here) with Alex and the kids, arrive at 8:20, see the line that has to be at least two hours long, turn around, go home.
Tuesday: wake up, work out (shorter version), skip shower (I didn't really break a sweat), get the kids fed and dressed, drive to DPS and get dropped off by Alex at 7:35 to save us a spot in line (it's already wrapped around the building), wait, get in, toss coffee that Alex brought me because "no food or drinks allowed inside," watch some crazy woman feed her baby, wait, get called, find out we need our passports and social security card--the website did not make that obvious--to get a TX driver's license, get our paperwork and leave.
Wednesday: wake up, skip the gym, shower, get the kids dressed and half fed, put snacks in my bag, drive to DPS, get dropped off by Alex at 7:05 (tenth in line), wait, sit down, check email, wait, Facebook, wait, start this blog post, Alex comes back with the kids and coffee, drink coffee, feed Scout Catcher's banana bread, stand up, move forward in line, get inside, wait, talk to the woman at the desk and find out our car has to be registered in Texas before we can get a Texas driver's license. Wait. They don't do that here because Texas is "different" and doesn't have a DMV. She can tell us where to go to register the car, but she can't tell us what we need because they are separate agencies. So I google map directions to the tax office (or whatever it's called) while Alex calls them to find out exactly what we need: current car registration [check], proof of insurance [check], car inspected by the state of Texas [no check], $90 processing fee of some sort [no check], an additional $64 for something-or-other [no check].
I guess we have a few more things to take care of before our next trip to the DPS. At least I know where I will not be tomorrow morning.
By the way, here was Scout getting grimy on the sidewalk and Catcher showing me "how to clean the weeds" in the parking lot of the DPS:
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