Happy Valentine's Day from RNO...and my idiot moment

First I’d like to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! Good, now that that’s out of the way… I’m sitting in a place I know all-too-well, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, and it’s before 5 a.m. I’m not sure why this is called an international airport, because I’m almost positive that there is not one flight you could take out of the country from here. There’s always a stop somewhere else first. There’s no customs here. I think maybe regional airport would be more appropriate, but of course there is a non-stop flight to Atlanta, so I guess that scratches that thought… I digress.

Digress from what? From my idiot moment. Here goes: I have not, as of yet, managed to get myself to local, friendly DMV to “make it legal” and receive a Nevada driver’s license. I had every intention of doing this months ago, however- it turns out that you must have a smog check to register your car here, and poor Blanca can’t pass without me putting more money into her than she’s worth, according to those nice people at Kelly Bluebook. As my registration on her doesn’t expire until December 2008, I figured I have some time to determine a course of action.

On the other hand, my Oregon driver’s license expires this month. I’ve been planning the perfect day to go in and get my Nevada license, and figured that I would do it when I return from Hawaii. For some reason I’ve had it in my head for sometime now, that my license expired at the end of this month…and of course when I wake up at 2:45 this morning, what’s the first thing to pop into my head? MY LICENSE EXPIRES ON MY BIRTHDAY…WHILE I’M IN HAWAII. Argh. Seriously? What is wrong with me?! So I had a little prayer session about it. What on earth am I going to do? I think I’m actually going to have to take the full written and driving test in Nevada when I get back. ARGH!!! I wondered why this hadn’t occurred to me before this morning, and I figured that 1. Everything happens for a reason. I firmly believe this and always have. God uses crazy circumstances to do incredible things. I can’t even begin to imagine what that might entail for this one, but I’m open. 2. It’s been such a difficult and crazy month, that trying to figure this out and go get my license would have probably pushed me over the edge to insanity… I don’t know for sure. The only thing I do know is that when I finally go to get it, I will have driven to the DMV illegally. Argh.

I was going to end the post on that note, but I just can't do it. I've had four hours of sleep, too much coffee and I'm starving, so that means that I get to complain a little. You don't have to "listen" though... just warning you =-)...Here goes: For some reason whenever I have a 6 a.m. flight, which is 80% of the time, I end up in the terminal sitting next to a largish group (the group is large, not the people) of southerners (I should say they end up sitting next to me) from like, podunk Alabama. And they talk really loudly...about which seat they have and what they're going to eat on the plane...and how many hours they have to drive to go pick up their dog when they land (three to be exact)...and on...and on. Now normally I am a sucker for a southern accent. Sometimes I think I should have been born a southern belle, but there is just something about it at 5 something in the morning that is less than bearable... that's all. Going to go get something to eat... and listen to the Wheel of Fortune slot machines...
...and you thought I was kidding.