"Life Elevated"

Today I will share with everyone the adventure that is getting a license in Utah. My NH license expires this Saturday since, as many of you know, (read: I'm expecting lots of phone calls/ cards/ packages etc.) it's my birthday and this just happens to be the year it expires.

Before arriving in Park City I downloaded a "Guide for new residents to Park City" off of the city's official website. There I found that you cannot get a license in Park City, you must go to one of the following cities: Heber, Salt Lake City or Coalville. Heber is the closest so I decided I would go there. However, when I called the Heber office on Monday around 11:30 am no one answered even though the guide said the office was open at that time. Then I called the office in SLC where an automated message gave me the basics like hours the office was open and what I needed in order to get a license in Utah. Here's what you need: your old license, your social security card and 2 official items with your name and Utah address..... hold it right there. I've been in Utah for 2 weeks, been in my current apartment for less than 1 week- I'm not getting mail yet, all I have is my rental agreement, but no other documents to prove that I live in Utah. So I decided to hold and talk to an operator about this. I was on hold for over 5 minutes when a woman finally answered. I won't go into detail but she was extremely rude and every time she told me that she couldn't hear me I'm convinced it's because she didn't want to answer my questions and was hoping I would get frustrated and hang up. The only thing I learned from that conversation was that I absolutely had to have those 2 items with my address. I wasn't completely sure what to do so I went online and changed my address for my credit card and printed it out, hoping that would do- although seriously doubting it. I got directions off Mapquest for the Heber office (if I came face to face with the lady in SLC and she gave me 'tude again who knows what I'd do) since I haven't figured out how to enter in the wacky UT street addresses into my GPS.

The next morning I got up and headed to Heber City- just a 15 minute drive. Heber is a really nice town with a cute Main Street and barns, farms and horses on the outskirts. I drove around for about half an hour trying to find the office with no luck so I finally pulled over at a Walgreens to ask for help. The woman was really nice as she explained to me that the office where you get a license in Heber hasn't been in the spot that the Park City website gave me for at least 10 years. She gave me directions to the place where the office actually is and I was on my way. When I got there the young girl who helped me was SO nice but as expected they couldn't accept my Internet printout as my second proof of residence. I explained my whole situation about how I just moved and my license expires on Saturday yada, yada, yada and finally another employee told me that I could register my car at the town offices up the street and use that as my proof of residence. So I was off again and when I got to the DMV the very nice woman there (who I later found out was the mother of the nice girl) told me that in order to register your car in Utah you must first have it inspected. My next stop was Pennzoil for a quick inspection which my car passed and then it was back to the DMV. A nice old man (I love the Heber residents!) got me all squared away with my new Utah license plates and all that so not only was my car registered but now I could get a license... FINALLY! Only problem? I had to be back in Park City for an interview in just over an hour. So my license would have to wait. Instead I went to the hardware store and bought some screwdrivers so I could attach my new license plates. When I walked up to the counter the male cashier said "Oh look at you." Which I'm assuming was in response to the fact that I was a girl buying tools. Is that honestly the first time he's seen that??? I put my license plates on in the parking lot just to make sure I had bought the right size screwdriver (and because I was excited to have Utah plates) and while I was doing that another guy walked by and said "Ooooh, auto mechanics in a skirt? I like it!" Ok so maybe I only like Heber residents who work for the town.... And for the record I had on a looong skirt, so I wasn't being inappropriate or anything. There are 2 basic license plates in Utah, one has a skier on it and says something like "the best snow on earth" and the other, as you can see on my car, has an arch and says "life elevated." I knew I wanted that one from the very beginning- it's so colorful and pretty and I like the tag line.

Today I went back and got my license with absolutely no problems at all! You have to take an open book written test and I scored 100% thank you very much! Haha, anything worse than that and I would be a little worried. I can't wait to get my new license in the mail in a couple of weeks! My weight is on my license- isn't that weird?? I wasn't exactly sure how much I weigh so I had to guess but what is the point of that? Anybody else have their weight on their license?

So I know this is the longest post ever and I've probably lost most of my audience at this point but there is just one thing I need some feedback on. I have been calling my future "landlord" Suzette, for the past couple of days trying to give her a check for my security deposit or something to make me feel more secure about the permanent apartment and she hasn't called me back!! Her voicemail says that the apartment has been rented, but at this point should I assume that perhaps it's been rented to someone else even though she told me on Saturday that I could stop looking for a place to live??? I'm freaking out here- story of my Park City existence, right? The girl who will be my roommate, Laura Lee, said that she spoke with Suzette Monday and she told Laura Lee to mail her a check for the deposit.... I don't know what to do! So tell me what you think, people! Should I start looking for something else?

If you've made it to the end of this post thanks for reading! And mom, I don't think I can wait until Saturday to open my package- I keep thinking about it!!! Don't be mad but I think I'm going to have to give in!!!

Night night!