[Magdalen] Name changed!

[Joseph Cirou]

Congratulations,

The anticipation often causes more anxiety than the real event. I had to update my driver's license and that involved using my 70 yo adoption certificate, but it was a piece of cake!

Joe Cirou

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2015 12:58 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: [Magdalen] Name changed!
>
>Today was my day to head to court for the hearing on my name change.
>
>And hearing almost inflates what happened beyond recognition. I was only
>asked to verify what change I was asking for and to ensure that they had
>the correct spelling. And that was it. All i had to do was wait for the
>order to reach the clerk's office and pay for the extra copies I wanted.
>
>It was funny: the hearing itself was nothing (especially since the judge
>moved the five of us with name changes today to the start of the docket,
>so I didn't even get to hear anything interesting while I waited). And I
>didn't really even feel anything when I first got the order in my hands.
>But when I ordered the extra copies of the order, and I got *them* back,
>and on top of the pile there was a receipt for my payment, which was
>shown as being from KRISTIN L. ROLLINS - And I think something about
>seeing that in print and with a middle initial made me realise in that
>moment that it was now my *legal* name.
>
>I decided to rest on my laurels a bit, especially after yesterday was a
>miserable anxiety day in anticipation of the unknown of this morning. So
>it will probably be Monday before I head to start the name changes with
>Social Security and the DMV. And the multitude of places that come after
>those.
>
>Kristin
>
>-- 
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Portsmouth, VA