Joe's 29th birthday was on Tuesday so I took a 1/2 day from work so we could spend some time together. First I went to buy his present...a 29-gallon fish tank. Joe's been wanting a fish tank for a while but we didn't have room for it in the apartment. So now that we have a house I figured it would be a great gift. I know nothing about fish tanks but the people at the store were very helpful...they helped me figure out how to fit the tank and stand in the car since the trunk was full and it never occurred to me to clean it out! After I bought the tank I went over to the new house and surprised Joe. He loved it and is really looking forward to getting it set up and then picking out some fish.
We went to lunch at Claymont Steakshop. We've both been going there since we were kids but I hadn't been in there in a while. They deliver now so I think it's going to be our new place to order from when we don't feel like cooking...this could be a big problem! :-)
After lunch, we decided to go to DMV because Joe's license expired that day and I wanted to get mine changed to our new address. Surprisingly there wasn't a wait at the DMV so I was able to walk right up and get mine taken care of. Unfortunately, Joe didn't have such good luck. Turned out that PA had suspended his license for an unpaid fee from 2004 and DE wouldn't give him a new one (or return his old one) until he got the issue resolved. So he called PenDot but they wouldn't give him any info over the phone. Being that it was 4pm there wasn't time to go up to Philadelphia to try to straighten it out so we left DMV and went to look for area rugs for the new house.
It's amazing how many different areas rugs are out there...and how many of them are so ugly you can't imagine who thought they were ok to produce, let alone who thought someone might buy them! I never realized how difficult it would be to find just a plain, earth-toned rug. For now, I think we've found what we're going to get for our bedroom and maybe for the dining room, but we're still hunting for the living room and Ben's room.
The next day, Joe and his dad went up to Philly to get his license situation resolved. After spending about 4 hours and $60, they were finally able to get his new license. The worst part was that Joe really didn't owe the money...the DMV in PA screwed up. But if he didn't just pay it, he would have to wait 3-4 weeks for the issue to get resolved and it's just not possible for Joe to go that long without driving. Gotta love bureaucracy!
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