I made my first-ever trip to the Mass. RMV today (I envision at least two more interactions with them in the next year: name-change and then address-change). Forked over $85 for a new title and Mass. registration, plus $90 to transfer my license from New York. I screwed the new plates onto the car when I got home. I am now completely legal.

The people were reasonably nice & accomodating; moreso than I thought they would be. My picture on my license is going to be horrible; I was completely unprepared for the woman to take the picture, and I look like a dork, trying to smile at the last second. (Why did I even start smiling? I don't know. I don't really like the way I look in photos when I'm grinning.)

Now to figure out what to do with the old NYS plates...