Saturday, November 6, 2021

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2007. That weekend, like so many weekends, we took Mattie to Roosevelt Island. Which was a five minute drive from where we lived in DC. It was a little slice of peacefulness, located steps from the city. Mattie loved the Island, walking the trails, climbing rocks, steering remote controlled boats in the water, and of course collecting rocks, leaves, and sticks. We had quite a collection at home. I miss being able to take Sunny to Roosevelt Island now. The Island was a God sent to us during COVID. I remember when Peter was without work and he was looking intensely for a job, we would walk the Island with Sunny for a mental health break. I miss many aspects of our former life, and being in the city. 

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

• Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 46,458,256
• Number of people who died from the virus: 754,215

Peter and I hung curtains in his office today and we did a ton of other chores. I have been on my feet all day, that my back, feet, and hips hurt. 

A surprise came in the mail today! Our Virginia license plates. I am ABSOLUTELY STUNNED. We went to the DMV on October 27, a little more than a week ago. In that time, the DMV sent us our licenses, the disabled placard for my dad, and now our car tags! Peter and I have no words for this experience, because getting any of these things done in DC was always a nightmare. In addition to a nightmare, we never got anything on time. Also DC won't mail you your car license plates, you have to go into the DMV (and ONLY in one location) to pick them up. Not user friendly whatsoever. 

Though we wanted a Mattie plate in Virginia, the name was already taken. Which is why we went with MMCF, for the Foundation. Here's the irony in all of this. After Mattie died, we got a vanity plate in DC that said... MMCF. However, over time, we got rid of one of our cars, and therefore the MMCF plate became inactive. We we kept the plates however. In 2016, when I got my new car, I wanted the MMCF plate put back on the car. The DC DMV told us that MMCF was already taken and therefore they couldn't assign us this tag. We told them it was assigned to us and we still have the old plate. They only needed to look it up in the system, which they wouldn't. Honestly they could have cared less and refused to reactivate our old license plate. So instead, we created a new vanity plate with Mattie on it. I say this is all ironic, because now we have come full circle, and are back to having MMCF on our car.