TRA

Today was the day we had been dreading for a while.  Tanzania is upgrading it's drivers licenses to a sheik version like we have back home.  Only they decided that EVERYONE has to get a new license by June 1st no matter when their old one expired.  Sad face.  So we spent the day at the Tanzanian Revenue Agency (TRA).

 Five and a half hours we dedicated to this today.  A crazy part of Carl enjoyed it though, 'something different' he says.  Way at the bottom of my list of stuff to enjoy but somehow he kept me smiling most of the time.  

The process?  

• Step 1:  Biometrics.  Form, photo, fingerprints.  And after waiting 1.5 hours she says we also need a copy of our passports.  Of course the copier is 2 blocks down the road.  &%*#%$&.  And after we return with that she says we also need a copy of our old drivers license.  &%*#%$&.  For real?!?  That was the worst part.
• Step 2: Police Check.  Then we walk down the road to the police station for the written and driving portion of the exam.  Given we were just renewing they didn't ask us to do anything.  Relief because there were a lot of traffic signs on their test board that I had no clue about.
• Step 3:  Bill.  This we get after waiting in line again at the first office.
• Step 4:  Payment.  We have to go to the nearest bank to do that.
• Step 5:  Receipt.  We bring the receipt back to the first office again and are told to come back next Wednesday to pick it up.  Pretty exciting because it is going to be shiny and new.

 Made it home with enough time to make some Easter chicks with Kaia for the walls. 

Grandma Love... one of them is for you because your leg still hurts, but I don't know which one.

And if that wasn't enough we baked cookies after dinner too!!  Kaia said she wasn't going to have any because we had some friends for dinner a few nights ago and served ice cream.  'Too many sweets' she says.  But by the time they came out of the oven that thought was loooooong gone.