It’s not often that Amy gets two days off from work in a row, even rarer is two days off on a weekend.  It happened that Amy was to have Saturday and Sunday off in a row and very close to my mom’s birthday which is on Feb 11.  Once we knew it was set in stone, we called my mom to let her know that Amy would actually be able to be there to see her for her birthday.  Oh she was thrilled.  Amy doesn’t get to spend much family time with my mom and sis so it’s always a big thing when she can.

So, we traveled up to Columbia South Carolina on Sunday Feb 8.  My sister had to go into work for a bit, but once we got there she left work and we all got to enjoy a home cooked meal of stuffed shells.  We hung out on the porch to enjoy the beautiful weather.  A little later we enjoyed some birthday cake and coffee.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

Our car handled very well for this trip.  We are still waiting for the tax return and hoping it will be enough to get a used pick up truck or a van.  Our current Lumina will go to my youngest son in hopes that he can fix it up to run for himself.  He is perfectly able to get a drivers license except that we don’t have a copy of his social security card and since he is 18 years old he must apply for his own using a photo ID.  He is in a catch 22.  He needs the ID to apply for the social security card….but he needs the social security card to apply for the photo ID at the Department of Motor Vehicles.  These silly little catches are holding a young man back  When policies and procedures are developed I think these agencies should be working together to make sure that if one does not have a needed document, there are ways to get that needed document.  Documentation to GET a photo ID should not require a photo ID to obtain.

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