didjas and honeydos

[susandennis]

Growing up, we had 'didjas'. Everyone always had a running list... 'Did ya clean up your room? Did ya pick up the dry cleaning? Did ya make reservations?' So our family shortcut was didjas as in 'can't right now, gotta do my didjas'.

Today one of my didjas was getting my car emissions tested. Every two years and this was the year. The only way they could make it less painful would be to send someone here to do the work.

You get a notice in the mail about a month before hand. If you go to the website to try and renew your license plates without the test, it tells you that you need the test and points you to the info.

There's a web page that tells you what the wait time is per testing location (the easiest one for me is South Seattle). Then there's a video camera that updates every 10 minutes so that you can see the line for yourself. $15 and 10 mins and I was done. Passed with a smile and thank you from the tester.

When I got home, I logged back into the website to renew and my info was all updated. Filled in my credit card and my new plate is in the mail. Most years, they only send little tabs to put onto the plates, but now there is a new law now that after so many years, you have to get a new plate. If you want to keep the same number you pay $20. It's my year for new plates. I'm ready for a new number so I saved my $20.

It's a pretty easy system. I do wish they would require proof of insurance, though. It's just nuts that they don't.

That was really my only non-work didja for today so I'm done!