My DL expired, unknown to me, in July. About 60 days later I got a notice of expiration from the state. Since Alabama is a STAR ID state I decided I needed to go thru the hoops to get that added to my license. Then the trouble started. There were no DL offices with appointments until well past the grace period for expiration. I tried e very office from Huntsville to Mobile but nothing. Finally was able to talk to a very unhelpful "person" at one location and was told basically I could just F$#K OFF. So now, in order to meet the STAR ID requirement coming up, I will have to wait on an appointment and then pay for an entire new DL (that will still expire the same time this one does) in order to be able to get on an airplane.
It's tough everywhere @simonkenton7!
