My Driving Licence ... Again .... (Sigh)

 Hi there

Well, the doctor signed off on my driving licence.  So did  optomotrist.

Everything was ok to renew my licence.  

I took in the form to the Automobile Association who were handling things on behalf of the Transport Department.

"Oh," said the young woman behind the counter, and looking at the optomotrist's form.  "It says here that you need to be checked out again in a year..."

Uh-oh, she's obviously remembering about the two-year thing...

"When you're ... your age ... Oh, no, she means when I'm ancient...  driving licences are given out every two years.," she pointed out.

"Yes."

"And for you, your optomotrist says 'one year'"  

"Yes."

'And no night driving'."

Uh-huh."  I had glaucoma, and I'd helpfully written that down too.

"I'll have to ring up the Transport Department," the AA woman said.  And she did.  Some guy at the other end apparently pulled up my info.  There was a discussion, of which I could only hear one side.  It didn't sound too good,

So ... now I was on the Transport Department's watch list?  Great.

And that's how things stand, as of today.  She'd dated the form, signed it and said I'd hear whether I was accepted by Transport for a renewal of my driving licence....

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At the optomotrist's office I found Tui, the opomotrist's guide-dog-in-training.  Oooh, I went all gooey inside, Tui was one gorgeous doggie.  And I bought a $20 charity 'guide-dog-in-training' plush puppy -