Preparing To Go Get Your REAL ID ...

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Skip and I went to our appointments this morning to come away not accomplishing what we meant to do. I prepared or so, I thought for all to go smoothly. But, no ... it didn't. The DMV officer was very nice ... she took the time to explain what I needed to do to come to our next appointment. Skip and I have new appointments scheduled March 03rd. I plan to be ... more than prepared. I had read online that I needed to have our birth certificates, 2 pieces of mail with our current address ... anyway, what I found out this morning was ... I didn't have all I needed. I need to take my marriage certificate to 'show how I went from my maiden name to Bates' ... I never saw that online. We need to take our social security cards ... and certified birth certificates and mail with our current address. I had Skip's certified birth certificate ... I had mine but ... many years ago it began coming apart ... I laminated it! I shouldn't have ever laminated it ... that caused it not to be accepted this morning. I have to go to the county I was born in ... go to the Register of Deeds and request my birth certificate. I will do that tomorrow. I have a big envelope to carry to the new appointments for both Skip and I. I mean to do it right the next time. Not accomplishing what we set out to do this morning just didn't feel good at all. I found out I didn't prepare ahead as well as I thought I had.