It's official...We're Kama Aina'!

Yes, we both finally have a Hawaii drivers license... after only one meltdown at the Hawaii DMV.

The first time we went (about a month ago) we waited in a 2 hour line. When I got up to the counter they wouldn't accept a copy of our wedding certificate(for name change purpoes), it had to be the original...which was just back at the house(nice!). So as Matt took the written drivers test and got his fun rainbow drivers license, I sat in the car crying...a little homesick, but mainly pissed at myself for not bringing the real marriage certificate. Matt felt pretty bad...and barely showed off his shiny new license...poor guy. So out of annoyance of the system and not wanting to wait in another ridiculous line, I boycotted the DMV for about 4 weeks. Everytime we got carded at a bar or restaurant I looked like the girl visiting from Georgia, which was fine with me, except... All my debit and credit cards have been changed to my new name and my Georgia license was still sporting "Kidd", so long story short, it was causing "shopping" issues. I finally broke down and went back to the DVM...the line wasn't so long and everything actually went smoothly. AND...I missed one less than Matt did on the test. We had a friendly competition going...and I make the most of every chance I get to feel smarter than him!!

So we are officially "Kama Aina"! That roughly translates to "of the land" or "from the land", but more importantly to us...it gets you lots of local discounts that all you tourists don't get to take advantage of! Hee Hee! It does not infact help out at the grocery store, where yesterday I racked up a $212.00 tab...A personal best (or worst).

PS - Drivers licenses are really hard to photograph... holograms and flashes don't work well together.