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FINALLY GOT PLASTIC IN HAND! as of Friday.

The wait for USPS was almost as excruciating as the wait from DPS. Five days to travel 300 miles? At least it is here. Haven't done the Wally Walk yet, but went to the Boat Show yesterday. I went with my best friend, who has had his license for 10 years...I bet I gave him a lot of reasons to laugh. A little nervous. Felt like I had a big spotlight on me for the first 30 minutes. After that, no worries.

Congratulations to all that have received their plastic. For the rest, I hope you have contacted your State Rep because your wait should have been over by now.

Status just changed yesterday. Now it is just waiting on another government entity, the USPS. I guess I will see how long that takes. For those of you sitting at around 120 days, contact your state rep. I know that DPS may not be enforcing the 120 day rule that Charles so kindly clarified for me, but the fact is, they can start at any time.

I waited until day 113 and then contacted my rep. His staffer was wonderful, and I got a response from DPS within 1 hour! While they did not "pull my app ahead," I did make my case for the 120 day automatic denial, and she assured me that it would not happen. Toward the end of my phone call, she said that they are doing everything they can to get March applications wrapped up. Apparently, some April applications got misfiled and worked first. She said that DPS counsel was in the office finding out what they had to do to avoid a lot of complications. They gave me what I wanted: assurance that my application would not be denied by operation of law, which would have meant I gave a "donation" of $140 to DPS.

I don't think people at 60 or even 75 days should be stoking the fire with Gov. Perry, their senator or rep, but if you have gotten to day 105 or 110, get them involved. It is what they are there for.

Keep the faith-

Still here. By my count it has been 115 days since DPS received my application. I think pigs may actually fly before my application is approved. There was a Dallas Morning News article in the paper today, http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... d7d71.html, that stated new applications are taking 80 - 90 days. I am not sure what kind of spokesperson Tela Mange is, but she may have failed math. Most of us are WAY past that window.

Hang in there guys and gals. Best of luck to everyone.

Waiting like the rest of you March applicants. I have resisted (up to this point) in contacting State reps, but 99 days just to get a PIN is ridiculous. I am hoping that my back-end wait is short like some others, but who knows.

If DPS thinks they are swamped right now, what do you think the Supreme Court decision is going to do to their workload?