The mailbox was a mix of joy and sorrow today … okay maybe not sorrow, but definitely all out befuddled frustration. Inside, there were two Christmas cards, and I do so love getting Christmas cards, but then there was also a forboding brown envelope from the Motor Vehicle Office. Now, for all you drivers out there, you’ll understand when I say that a letter from the Motor Vehicle Office is 99 per cent of the time not a good thing. I didn’t recall running a red light, or going over a toll bridge, or forgetting to pay my insurance. So what could it be?
A driver’s medical examination, that’s what! Merry freaking Christmas to me!
In the grand scheme of things, this exam isn’t a big deal, I know I’ll pass it with flying colours. My blood sugar averages have been near perfect/perfect for a good five years, and my eyesight keeps getting better with age. But it is an inconvenience.
The last time I had one of these suckers done was 15 years ago when I first got my license, and it was probably warranted back then given that I wasn’t the most upstanding diabetic in my teenage years. But now? I don’t get it. I mean, I know they don’t have access to my health records, but at the very least they do have access to my driving record that has no diabetic-related accidents ever and no accident period for more than five years. What the heck is this, a lottery system? Yay, she says sarcastically.
My prize: I get to pay $75 for my family doctor who pretty much knows nothing about my control to sign a sheet and push me out of his office a minute after me getting there. And I get to wake up at like 5 a.m. to get to my doctor’s appointment, because he lives 45 minutes to an hour away from where I live, and I’ll only be able to book an appointment before 8 a.m. Oh how I do so love winning the lottery.
In much happier news: The presents are wrapped, the excitement has filled the belly to near bursting, and I can already faintly hear the “Click-Click-Click” of reindeers on rooftops in the far off distance. Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. What are your Christmas Eve/Christmas traditions? I’ll be telling you all about mine post Christmas 😀