Living

We really live in Kentucky.
I just realized it.

Here's how I know.

I am a Kentucky driver. I worked hard for this. 

My first visit to the clerk's office was stressful. Something about government offices makes me extremely nervous. I tried to be really prepared. I called the right people and read the right websites and gathered the right papers and had the right address. Everything should have gone smoothly. 

But then I couldn't even find the proper parking garage. Then I couldn't find the inspection guy. Then my new insurance papers weren't right. Then I only had $60 and it cost $73. And it has to be cash. Then Josie was saying, "Hi!" to everyone. She is so friendly. Then Grant and Shaun finally showed up. Just as I was walking out. I handed off Josie to Grant and ran upstairs to get my driver's license. Then I didn't have a birth certificate or a passport. I thought my SS card was enough. Nope.
So, finally after running up and down the stairs 10 times and sweating up a storm, I was able to walk out of the office with a real, legitimate Kentucky license plate, but no driver's license.

Then it was the wrong plate. Apparently I inadvertently chose the religious one. Which is really fine. Except no one else has that one. I guess I'm keeping a little Utah.

Then the next day I made a quick, sweat-free visit to a little driver's license place for my own driver's license. Now I can't drive like a crazy, lost person. I look like a local now. 

I met three neighbors. If I moved to China, Japan, or India, I would be scared to talk to people too. 

I made holes in our walls. Mostly they are with little pins. Grant hates that I use little pins because they bend. But I use them because they make smaller holes. I feel less guilty about it.

If anyone has brilliant ideas for renters about covering big, blank walls, let me know. Also, it should be cheap. We are getting poor pretty quickly.

We have friends here. Most of them have been transplanted here from Utah, too. Thanks church for helping us make friends.

But some of them come from Kentucky and other states too. They are school friends.
They had a fun little party at Will's lake house today. It was the first gathering with Grant's class that wasn't at a bar. There was no shortage of alcohol, however. At one point Josie was whining for a sip of "juice."


We really had a nice time floating in the lake, which is actually a river. But a wide river.
And we got to explore a little more of this beautiful state. We crossed the Kentucky river, which has a curved bridge, which I learned is pretty rare. Want to know more about it? Ask Shaun.

I always feel a little awkward taking other people's pictures. Maybe one day, I'll get more courage and then you can see some of our friends. 

Also, Grant and I have been asked to speak in church. We really live here. It's official. And I like it.