CHL Valhalla...Where the old & expired cards go to rest
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:14 am
When I got my CHL, I set an appointment in Outlook to remind me to renew it on 3 Mar 2016. That day came, and I filled out the online forms. By 7 Mar, it was in the mail, including my DD214 this time so I could get the reduced cost renewal.
I've checked several times on the DPS website, hoping to receive some indication that it was in processing, but no joy. I started to think that perhaps they had not yet received my documents. As of yesterday, there was nothing on the site to indicate they were working on it.
Then, today, I checked the mail and found it had arrived - and there was much celebration.
Now that I have my new LTC in, I guess it's time to retire my old CHL to that folder in my safe where I keep all my expired & full passports, etc. That old card served me well, and still had a few good months left on it; but it has earned its retirement in CHL Valhalla: inside my safe, next to the guns that it empowered me to carry (and a few others as well).
Next step: renew my wife's card this month so her old card can enjoy retirement alongside mine.
I've checked several times on the DPS website, hoping to receive some indication that it was in processing, but no joy. I started to think that perhaps they had not yet received my documents. As of yesterday, there was nothing on the site to indicate they were working on it.
Then, today, I checked the mail and found it had arrived - and there was much celebration.
Now that I have my new LTC in, I guess it's time to retire my old CHL to that folder in my safe where I keep all my expired & full passports, etc. That old card served me well, and still had a few good months left on it; but it has earned its retirement in CHL Valhalla: inside my safe, next to the guns that it empowered me to carry (and a few others as well).
Next step: renew my wife's card this month so her old card can enjoy retirement alongside mine.
Good post Vol Texan! I kept my expired license as well. I've thought about framing it & putting it in an out of the way place where very few people but me see it(like the wall of my closet)....kind of like when people frame a dollar bill & caption it "my first dollar bill". 
