[Magdalen] Name changed!

[Lynn Ronkainen]

More wonderful news Kristin! So happy for you that this was short and successful!
Lynn 

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On Oct 30, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

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