In other news (because there's always other news)...
I renewed my drivers license online today.
I'm good for another six years. (Don't quote me, that's what the card says.)
I was actually a little sad when it was time to renew. In December 2015, I went to our local AAA office instead of the DMV because they had recently begun doing license renewals for members right there, and it was the single finest experience I've ever had doing any such thing. Nice office, nice people, hardly any wait, and everything about the process was smooth and efficient, including the extra steps of getting the "Real ID" (verified) version of the license. As a result, every time I looked at that license, I had a good memory of that extraordinarily pleasant visit -- as opposed to the standard horrible lines in an office from Hell, serviced by people from Hell, and an entire morning or afternoon feeling ruined by it. Anyone who has ever experienced a typically hellish motor vehicles office knows whereof I speak.
So as it happens, some loophole was found in the agreement as to what AAA can and can't do (according to the state), and as of this moment they can't offer that service. But I jumped at the chance to do it online. The setting up of an account wasn't totally painless due to a couple of glitches, but the renewal itself went fine, and in a couple of weeks I'll be able to look at the new dates and the 2015 photo on my new license and see the past six years melt away.
