Assimilation

I am now an Iowan. As much as I have fought it over the past...well now, nearly two years I made it official today. That's right I got a new drivers license. I took my lunch break and went to the DOT station (and then to my apartment to get my SS card and proof of address and then back to the DOT station). What a mess and what a place that is. In town there was this huge controversy when they decided to build a new DOT station for licensing just outside of Ankeny (the northside of the metro area), moving it away from the north side of Des Moines proper. After having visited that place and having to drive around that neighborhood...I am 100% in favor of the move (yeah there was a shady land deal with the state and lots of tax money was probably wasted...but wow...it was a crazy place to visit). I probably should have gotten my license changed sooner....since I think, legally you are supposed to do that within a month of moving into a new place. No one asked how long I had been in Iowa and I didn't say anything.

The reason I decided to get my license now was so I could register to vote. My new project at work is to coordinate all of our election coverage (on-air and online). It is a huge project, but I have been very politically minded lately because of it. So, I couldn't not vote in this election. Plus the decisions made at the polls will affect me, and if you don't vote...you can't complain. I chose not to register with a specific party (I work in the media and I don't think my political views should be public knowledge and I try to put personal feelings aside for work). I am really looking forward to this election, because Iowa is one of those key political states and this time around the whole project is in my lap. While there is a whole lot of people working on elections, I am organizing the whole thing and it will be my plans in place on election night. Scary and exciting at the same time.

Cheers