I was braced for a DMV (know here as the MVA) type experience. Well, much to my excitement, the whole process took less than 5 minutes!! Wow! I didn't even have to get the kids out of the car! Amazing!
With this amazing feeling inside, I headed home. Since I had been so successful in so little time, I asked myself if there was anything else I'd been putting off that I could get done. Yes! I could go and get my license! I lost it months ago so why not?
So, I entered an actual DMV/MVA experience. I was prepared with "special drawing things", as Chloe refers to them. These are the ColorWonder books and markers. The markers only draw on the special paper. We discovered this on our very long family vacation. We only pull them out when they are absolutely necessary. It has been at least a month since Chloe got to use them and I've never let Jake. We walked in at nearly 11am. Hum, almost lunch time. Not a good start.
The place was slammed! We were there for right at 2 hours. Yikes! I didn't have lunches packed or even any snacks with me. Oops. However, the kids did very well, especially Chloe. She didn't complain at all and colored constantly. Jake was less impressed with the markers and was pretty much done with them by the time we got seated and began the longest part of the wait. He broke down and wailed at 2 different points, but with a little entertainment from Mom, he was calmed down. Overall, I was pleased with the time. It certainly wasn't boring!
So, that is the story of how I braved 2 long-put-off tasks in one day and was triumphant! Praise God for his mercies! He sustained us through what could have gone very differently!
I can't wait to tell Kevin what I got done!
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