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Well, I *may* be out soon.

Got the call from DPS today that my license would be in the mail tomorrow. Started checking with DPS at day 60 with the response "Awaiting FBI background check". Contacted my State Representative two weeks later to assist with moving it off of that status and onto the next. Discovered that I had swapped my middle and last names on the application and got that fixed. Called a couple more weeks and gave them a chance to determine the status of my FBI check. Got the return call from DPS this morning that that investigation was still pending. This being day 91 and already having contacted my Rep I had already made the decision to contact the Governors office, which I did early this afternoon. Late this afternoon I received a call from DPS stating that my license would be in the mail tomorrow.

Now, I don't know with any certainty that my message to the Governors office had any affect. But I suspect that my application had been completed previously and left on someone's desk and DPS "completed processing" when they got a call from the Governors office. My application still shows as processing on the web site. And, at this point, I have been apparently misinformed by DPS so many times that I won't believe it until I have the plastic in my hands.

Now the next phase of waiting begins. Here's to hoping it is short.