License and registration
I finally got the license plates on my car changed to California from Indiana a mere eight months after moving from the "Crossroads of America" to, well, here. (According to the DMV's Web site I think I was supposed to do this within 10 days of moving here. Whoops. Better late than never!) I would have liked to have hung on to my Indiana plates if for no other reason than I wouldn't have had to go through the smog check process (my car passed, thankfully). But, as I saw that my license was about to expire on my birthday (the 29th of this month) I thought they might have become suspicious if I got a new license without getting a new plate for my car. (There's a reason I'll never be a master criminal).
The most surprising part of the whole ordeal (besides the fact they actually have a visible wall clock in the DMVs here in California, at least the one I went to anyway) was that I had to retake the written test. Twice. I haven't taken a driving test of any kind since I was 16 and I'm not too proud to say that I had a little trouble with some of the answers. I maintain this is not completely my fault as I believe that in Indiana there are no U-Turns and walking out in front of traffic is not considered kosher or a God-given right. (I swear pedestrians in California act like they're teaching me a life lesson every time they jump out in front of traffic.)
I nearly had to take the test three times, but in the end I was told by the helpful woman behind the counter that my license would be coming in the mail in a few weeks as she handed me back my Indiana license, now with a newly-punched hole in it.
Unfortunately I was forced to turn in my Indiana plate when I got my California tags, but they let me keep my license. Barring the new circle cut out of it in the top right corner, it is technically still valid for another 22 days. I can't think of any weird fun I could have with it for the next three weeks while it's still valid. Too bad there isn't a native Hoosier-only club here in Ukiah. I'd be so in right now.