My DL is missing, and it's a real pain in the ass. I've been avoiding getting the damn thing replaced, hoping, in vain it seems, that it's going to show itself eventially. Meanwhile I've been going around with my passport (expired) in case I need ID.

The last time I can remember seeing it was when I crossed back into California from Mexico on Memorial Day Weekend. I showed it to the border patrol guard, but she didn't seem interested. She just wanted to know what country I was a citizen of (USA) and how long I had been in Mexico (a few hours). Then she let me go.

As I was driving away, I was so shocked (the back of my Subaru was full of bags that could have contained anything from an illegal alien to former Soviet plutonium) at how easy it is to get into the US, that I may have thrown my DL out the window. I don't know what happened to it. It just vanished after that. It's probably time to throw up my hands, head down to the DMV, shell out 10 bucks and get a new one.