Today was a good day

....a good day. Finally got some things accomplished that were terribly overdue. And for Karl's sake, they were all good things.

Did you know you can't open a bank account without a licence or state ID card?

Did you know you cannot get a state ID or a DL without a birth certificate (among half a dozen other forms of documentation)?

Did you know that your mom can actually con you into getting a haircut against your will, and you can end up thinking it looks good, too? (OK, that last one was more for me than Karl - sue me.)

Did you know people will not correct their own mistakes (but they will happily correct yours). And in our case, none of the business or government entities that deal with the documentation of a live birth will cop to making stupid mistakes; NOR will they fix said errors without you having to shell out copious amounts of money to do so.

That said - his corrected birth certificate arrived in the post last week. Karl is now (officially) a boy! A parade will be scheduled shortly - until then...huzzah!

Today he received his temporary identification card and opened up his own bank account...

...tomorrow, who knows.