I went back to the Hamlet to check on my Driver’s Licence. They finally got the form faxed back from Rankin Inlet (the regional capital) only to tell me that they need more ID – specifically a Nunavut Health card. No!!! I tried to explain I was hoping to get one and should be getting one and deserved to get one, but didn’t have one. I got a shrug back. This did not go over big with me but I put on the patient smile and tried again. The counter attendant put on the same smile and said there was nothing she could do. I whined and she called the boss in Rankin. I heard a lot of, “I told her that” and “I explained that to her” and I was beginning to lose hope when she put me on the phone. I was prepared to repeat the Health card dilemma when the dude asked me if I had proof of residency – like a phone bill. Hello!
A nice surprise at the post office – my parcel from mom and dad was in. Diabetic chocolates and cookies for Cindy. Yummy!
Dec. 22
One more trip to the Hamlet with a phone bill. I now have a Nunavut Driver’s Licence. Don’t laugh, but it looks like a grocery store receipt. I told David (pardon me, Constable Cretien) I want him to write the phone numbers of all the cops on the back of it in case I get stopped in Ottawa!
Cindy (who now has to work on convincing Nunavut Health to fork over)
