Today is the “big three oh” as they call it. It’s my birthday, and I am no longer a twenty-something.

What is my big special gift to myself? A day off from work? Yes and no.

I had to take the day off of work because, in Georgia, everything expires on your birthday. And being the slacker that I am, I haven’t renewed anything yet (car registration, driver’s license…). I tried last week, but my Camaro failed its emissions test. This turned out to be due to a bad battery: the on-board computer thinks that if the battery is disconnected then the owner must be trying to deceptively reset the Check Engine light. A bad battery looks to the computer like a disconnected battery. After replacing the battery on Saturday, it successfully passed its test today.

So the first part of the day involved getting the car emission tests straightened out. The rest of the day will be filled with waiting in lines at the County Tag Office and the DMV. Yeah…

So, yes, I took a day off from work. But it isn’t really any sort of treat. We will be having a party on Saturday – though that will really be more to celebrate Will’s birthday than mine – so that should be fun. It will at least be an improvement over waiting in lines at the DMV…