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I wanted to see WALL-E, but it's pretty much out of the cinema here except for a couple of really early showings :-( (no one to babysit!)

I'll have to wait for the DVD, darnit.

I went to visit Patty and Selma at the NYS DMV today. Selma looked at my passport and my foreign marriage license and started bleating about how I needed 6 points of ID for a name change and a passport is only 3. I looked at her and said "this license is in English and the Federal Government accepted it, it's too good for you?" (Not to mention that this is only a name change, not a new license, and so I don't need 6 points of ID. I HAVE my existing license, which is 6 points; I'm clearly the same person, and have my new name on my passport. And 6 points for a name change is bullshit. I checked.)

She got huffy and said she had to ask her supervisor. Who approved it, like I knew she would. I think DMV people just like being a pain. They made me take a new picture (bleh) and pay them $11. Huntington DMV operates some weird queuing system (5 different queues marked A-E) which I think is just so you don't realize how many people are ahead of you.

The line at Social Security was stupid so I gave up. I'll go first thing in the morning another day. It's not as urgent as my drivers license.

I also got my internet banking working again (they've finally fixed it so you don't have to print out the form and mail it) but the system won't let me order checks because I don't have an order history. So I have to call. That's about all I can do for the moment.

I feel guilty because Neil is doing all the work for this move now!

Working out how to enroll her in Child Health Plus. Find the information on BC/BS website. blah blah blah, "A completed application received by the 20th of the month will be effective the first of the following month."

So I can't get her insured till 1 October even if I fill the application out today. Sweetie, no getting sick next month, OK? I'm sure my old pediatrician would bill me for a visit, but when they do that it costs a fortune.

(Please, no rants about the American health system, OK? I'm sure plenty of countries have an enrollment lag before you can get your coverage... actually getting her covered will be easy. New York State lets everyone buy into Child Health Plus.)

At least I did do a bit of searching and found out I can apply directly to Blue Cross, rather than shlepping out to Social Services. I know I'm not eligible for anything.