Personal Day

Monday I woke up in a serious funk. So serious, in fact, that I did not want to face the day. I don’t really know what it was all about, but I really didn’t feel like dealing with people. So I took a personal day from work and... well, I had no plan on what to do next. I hung around the house for the first half of the day, and eventually decided that I’d get my Oregon driver’s license.

Oregon requires all drivers to pass the knowledge test to obtain a license regardless of whether you already have a valid out of state license. So, I downloaded the Driver Manual and quickly read through the 109 pages, memorizing tons of facts and figures (park no closer than 10 feet from a fire hydrant, 20 feet from a crosswalk, 30 feet from an intersection, etc). Once sufficiently studied up, I went to the DMV and got in line. The test went nice and easy (had I not studied, I think I would have had a 50% chance of passing). One hour and 60 dollars later and I was a registered Oregon driver again.

With new license in hand, I headed straight for the library to shake off the shackles of library card probation. I had also planned to go to the post office to get tax and change of address forms, but I couldn’t find it! (the librarians gave me bad directions) Hungry, so I had lunch at McDonalds and then went across the street to open an account at Blockbuster (see all the things you can do with a driver’s license?) My inaugural rental ended up being the new PS2 game called God of War (more on that game in a later post).

Headed home, it was after 5pm by now so Kara was home. We hung out and did our own things (I played God of War for most of the night). I think being alone for most of the day was therapeutic... I guess I was getting a little ODed on people or something.