I got my new driver's license today. After one year and eight months of marriage, I finally have a valid ID bearing my husband's name.
Honestly, I could have just waited one more year to have my license revised and renewed at once (would have saved me time and money). But I think I've done enough waiting. I am excited to get slightly annoyed at people misspelling or misreading my new name—which, to no surprise, happened earlier at the licensing office. It's ATERRADO. Not Atterado. Not Alterado. And definitely, not Alternado. It's a hassle I can live with for the rest of my life.
On a serious note though, we have acquired properties and signed legal documents with OUR family name, and these require valid IDs.