New Address

I just found out today that the physical address I've been given for my new apartment is also my mailing address. Who knew? In El Prado you get both - which really gets you into alot of trouble with the Dept of Motor Vehicles. So, my new address is 305B Destino Lane, Taos, NM 87571. I moved in yesterday and spent my first night on a blow-up mattress but today the futon sofa was delivered so hopefully I will get a better night's sleep!

My birthday weekend in Colorado was great. I found out after breakfast on Saturday that Jenn and Erin had treated me to a massage for my birthday so that was the first stop. Afterwards we went to the hot springs in Pagosa Springs, CO, for an afternoon of soaking (twice in one week - what a treat)followed by dinner at Kip's Grill and Cantini, complete with margueritas! On Sunday we picked up Jenn's mountain bike and a bureau to load in the car for my return to NM and I said my goodbyes to her and her cat, Gunther, who I have been taking care of for the past six months. I've become attached to the little critter - it was hard to say goodbye. But I'll see him and Jenn again soon in NH the 3rd week in June.

My birthday started out with not such a good bang with a trip to the DMV for my 3rd try to get a driver's license in NM. With time running out on getting my car registered, I thought I'd give it another go. The DMV office is staffed with the most unagreeable, cold and downright b..... women I've ever seen congregate in one place. I've decided it's my new definition of purgatory. The rules are obscure, they keep changing and just when you think you have it down it changes again. The information I was given on my 2nd visit did not prove accurate for this attempt - the staff person had told me that I could use a statement from my bank with my social security number on it as proof of my identity (never mind that I showed them my official birth certificate, NH driver's license, and passport) - because unfortunately I've misplaced my social security card during the purging I did to get ready to drive cross country last June. So after vainly trying to reason/negotiate/beg with the clerk, I gave up and drove the 1 1/2 hrs to Santa Fe to go to the Social Security Admin office there, to sit in another long line to apply for a duplicate card. They said that I will have my new card within two weeks - which with my upcoming trip out East will make me overdue for my car registration. Oh well, I'm sure it will all work out. The SSA did give me a statment with my social security card number on it and said that that should be sufficient for the DMV. We'll see....