california, i'm offically here to stay

after living here for almost a year and a half, i officially registered my car today. phew. and as with most things like this, there is a story to go along.

so i woke up early to be out of the house by 7a, arriving at the DMV by 7:15. yes, the DMV doesn't open until 8, but i didn't have an appointment so i figured i should get there early. and it's good thing i did. when i arrived at 7:15 i was already the 8th person in line. i proceeded to stand in line outside for the next 45 minutes reading my book. i was off to a good start. the doors opened, i got my number and waited to be called. the woman who helped me this morning was great. and i always try to start a conversation with people, especially in places like the DMV because everyone seems so crabby! she welcomed the conversation. after a few more minutes, and getting my car inspected, i was all set! california license plates and all (which i still need to put on my car...) life was good as i was driving to work. i wasn't going to be too late and i had finally registered my car.

but...right as i was about to pull into the parking garage at work, i realized that i hadn't seen my car TITLE since i handed it to the woman. panicking, i checked my pile of papers praying that it was in my car and hearing the words of my dad saying "you really don't want to lose the title". so, i raced back to DMV. and i guess "raced" isn't exactly the correct way to say it. i crawled through the horrendous traffic, which does NOT help when you are freaking out.

i finally got back to the DMV to find out that they keep your title and send you a new one (i think because i was registering from out of state) wow. so i got a copy of it and went back to work. what a morning.

i also decided, i will NEVER live in the valley if i don't work there. going over the hill out of the valley is a complete nightmare during rush hour. i'm seriously not kidding you.

have you ever seen an oscar meyer weiner truck?

i have! today actually as i was driving to work on this dreary tuesday! it was quite entertaining and very unexpected!

snow day!

during my time on the east coast for the holidays, i had a snow day :) i mean nothing was canceled and the roads were fine, but i hadn't seen falling snow in two years. the only downfall...shoveling it!

view from my parent's garage

my mom shoveling (me procrastinating.)

this is the real reason people tuck their boots into their pants!

a snow plow!! ha.

the day i left we took a family picture.