Real Deal

Well folks!
As of today, I am OFFICIALLY Sarah Elizabeth Roscow!!!!! Yes, it took me just shy of 16 months but I got er done!!! And let me tell you...it was no walk in the park. First, the 'kinda but not really nice' lady asked me my full name? Well, would that be my name now or my maiden name? Granted, everything else is Sarah Roscow. My drivers license, my checkbook, my car loan, my doctor records. "You haven't been changed in our system so I need your real name." Umm...ok "Sarah Elizabeth Kellerman-Stines." She preceded to tell me that I was not in the system. Ok. Well I am a real person & I am a USA citizen... I also had my name hypenated almost a decade ago. "Then, Sarah Elizabeth Kellerman?" BINGO! Then, it is really really confusing when you have a mother who was adopted and been married twice. I had to think when they asked me her maiden name. Got it, good! Onto the next annoying question. What is your father's name? Ok, this is what I'm thinking. Matt adopted me when I was in 8th grade, legally mind you, my father is Matthew Allen Stines. I have 2 birth certficiates. One with my dad's name & the other with Matt's name. The one with my dad's name is absolete. The one with Matt's name is my 'original' birth certificate. I even had to use it to get into McKendree. So I answer with "Matthew Allen Stines" ERRR wrong again. Ok... "Bradley Alan Kellerman" she looked at me like I was on crack at this point. Phew, that's over with. What name would you like to appear on your new social security card? Easy peasy! SARAH E. ROSCOW :)!!!! After looking at me like I was crazy once again, the lady told me that I needed to shred my old security card. Well, that wouldn't be a problem. My mother nor I have any idea where in the world it is. Then the 'little nicer now' lady hands me back all my documentations. "You wrote on the back of your birth certificate?!" followed by a gasp. NO! I did not write on the back of my birth certificate. My MOM wrote the Thanksgiving grocery list on the back of my birth certificate a few years ago (on accident I suppose)!!!??? Classy, I know right. "Well Mrs..... how do you pronounce that name?" ROSSS-COOEE "Ok, ya you are officially Mrs. Roscow, your new card will arrive in the mail in 7 to 10 days." "Ok, thank you. Have a Happy New Year!!" No response...