Man, I woke up feeling so good this morning and then it went all down hill. For starters there was no snow, and the weatherman is a liar. I had to do some errands and one of those included going to the Social Security office for a simple name change. I called them in December to see if I could just mail in my application but they said no, I had to do it in person because they needed to match me with my my ID. Okay, fair enough. They are pretty serious about that whole identity theft thing.

I got to the office around 10:45 and I took a number. #175. I looked up at the screen and it read #46. Sigh. There were no chairs, so I stood for the next 2.5 hours writing in my journal, because there was no way I was sitting on that nasty cold floor like a lot of people were.

I did learn a lot though. The Social Security office in Las Vegas is the perfect place to take your teenage daughter who may be thinking of having sex for the first time. Every other person in there had a screaming baby, or a tantrum throwing toddler, that didn’t stop for the whole time I was there. My ears wanted to bleed. I hardly blame the kids though. They are just expressing their hatred for having to wait so long. Us adults just stand around and sigh.

I finally got to the window and the lady took all my documents except my ID. I pulled it out of my wallet and asked, “Don’t you need this?” She said, “Oh no, this application and marriage certificate is all I need to see.” Uhhhhhhhh…you’re kidding right? At that very moment I understood the reason for that 5 inch glass between her and me.

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• Does Anyone Need a Job - 2007
• Home Security System - 2007
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