Uh Oh, We're officially Texans!

There's no turning back now!

We officially handed in our California Driver Licenses for Texas ones! (which also means that for the next 30 days we have NO PHOTO ID'S!!!) What if something happened? What about cashing checks? What about flying on an airplane? What about simply having identification available? What about buying a drink? What about....

So the legal process of registering our cars and getting our licenses was semi-complicated... We started the process a few days ago. We went to the "DMV" Driver's License office (it's an office that deals with DL's only), we waited in line just to be told that we had to go and register our cars first. So we drove across town to that office only to be told that we had to have our cars inspected which was located back near where we had just come from... along the way we also realized we needed C's birth certificate for his driver license...

We got our cars inspected-- they both passed. $$$
Then today we went and registered our cars. We paid a "Welcome to Texas Tax" which was 4x the normal amount they charge to register a car. Thanks. Welcome to Texas. $$$$$ We got our license plates and now our cars are one digit from each other! kind of silly.
Then we went and got our drivers licenses. We ordered C's birth certificate and that arrived yesterday! yay! (This also means we are going to be applying for passports soon too!) We had to wait a long time in a room full of people. It was not fun.

The worst part of this is that Texas changed my name. I am upset that they would do this and it still makes utterly no sense to me. What?! How you might ask? Well, they said that they only have room for 3 names, and since I have 4 names (2 first names, 1 middle, 1 last) they would have to leave one of the names off of my license. I stared at them and said, well what do you want me to do? This is my legal name. That's my legal first name(s), my middle name and my last name. So the lady went and talked to the deputy in the office and he said I could use my first name (2 names) and last name, or I could use my first, first name, my middle name, and my last name. I'm irritated by it because it's not correct however they do it! I would think they would want the person's real, legal name, right? I mean, that's the point isn't it? So I ended up with my 2 first names and my last name.. although they put my 2nd first name in the middle name section which is totally incorrect! Ugh. I hate stupid things like that. They drive me *crazy*-- especially because it makes no sense whatsoever.

C got sick 2 days ago and he's been as sick as I was last week. Boooo! My folks and 2 bros are still here so unfortunately C has been in bed and hasn't been able to hang out with us. He's feeling a teeny tiny bit better, but since I just got over this same stupid sickness, I know he'll be down and out for a few more days. :-( Hopefully he'll recover quicker than I did!

We're still battling with Time Warner (which is essentially Comcast) and they are just awful. Terrible customer service, terrible service in general, blah blah blah. We've been having issues all week and everytime C calls, he's told one thing and then I call to follow-up and I am told the opposite of what C was told, and vice versa, blah blah... I don't even understand how it keeps happening except someone is just flat out lying to one of us. It is so weird.

My computer isn't working right now. Ugh. I have to take it in on Sunday. It just stopped working yesterday. So that is really difficult for me!! I want my computer!!

I need to go to the Mall. I am still looking for some work clothes and some shoes. I desperately need a few things!!

I continued to find my way around my new area. It's pretty cool.. things are coming together so well and I am getting my bearings pretty quickly.

We have some awesome food around here. C always told me about these places he used to go to while growing up (when he used to live here) and wow! they are so good! Taco Bueno is like way superior to Taco Bell, and WhataBurger is also pretty awesome. Rudy's BBQ is delicious-- especially their creamed corn. Kroger's cherry amaretto ice cream thing is delicious-- (THANKS MOM!!)

What else to say?

It doesn't seem quite real yet.. I mean, I know we're in Texas but the reality of how far away family and friends are.. well that part hasn't set in yet. I haven't figured out when we're going to be back in California,.. how often we can visit, and all that stuff.. so I am trying not to think about that just yet because it will freak me out!

Okay, have a good day y'all!