pre trip excitement

Finley stands guard at the top of the stairs. He is holding a 10 inch stick. In order to pass I need to say the word car or better still make car so. No sweat Finley lets me pass right away.
Not so easy at the passport office.
Losing or in this latest episode - washing as in accidentally putting it in the washing machine- is not how I planned to spend the day and 1/2 prior to leaving. Losing one's keys, for wallet or whatever are awful but a passport? The worst! Everything was still legible but the picture had faded, like me.

Finally, after doing several laps to my house to Josh's office and back to the passport office and soliciting the help of Josh Rachel and I finally go to the passport office 4 hours before my flight, only to discover that they screwed up the download of my birth certificate turned needed another copy. Once again, Josh to the rescue he leaves work goes to my house find the document and fax is it but- hard to believe the fax doesn't come through. Explanation.-" maybe we run out of paper or there were too many other facts is waiting". Finally I realized I did indeed have a copy with me and this time they accepted the copy.

The stash of euros ferret better they all seemed to survive. Talk about money laundering never do last minute shopping the morning of the flight.

Luckily I made it to the airport in reasonable time and managed to catch my flight
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Travel tips to self
1. Never do last minute shopping the morning of the flight. Better to be frantic at home or.- better still meditate
2. Never ever ever lose your passport specially the day before travelingLeia mais