And sometimes you win over the paperwork

[afuna]

I haven't been talking about OSCON/US plans much, because I've been worried that I wouldn't be able to get a passport in time, but we managed to wrangle a special appointment (which was today), and I got up in time (which meant up at 6:30, and you know me that's more likely the time I go to bed to go to bed than the time I wake up :D), and the appointment wasn't cancelled (which... we'd been warned it might be).

SO now one crappy id picture (I have only once ever taken a good id picture, and that was on an id that I managed to lose shortly thereafter D:), and a bit over a thousand pesos later, my passport is renewed! I just need to wait like ten days, which is plenty of time.


So, um, I will see you folks?

♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[janinedog]

Yay! :D

[surpassingly]

*_* That's great news! Passport complications can be such a pain to deal with sometimes, I'm glad your renewal went smoothly!

[afuna]

Yes! The passport renewal process was actually pretty nice -- took me less than three hours (I don't know if a normal day would be faster or slower), and most of it was spent sitting down, waiting to be processed.

The trickiest part was being able to get an appointment. The earliest appointment you can get now, is sometime in August with some limited emergency slots in case you are facing a strict / immovable deadline (which I eventually managed to qualify for, via my travel agency).

I'm hoping really hard that given that the new system seems like it might be pretty efficient, it's just a matter of clearing backlog? But right now, if your passport is expiring, you'll want to set an appointment well in advance of any travel *g*

[exor674]

I think there's a universal law that official photos have to look as horrible and suspicious as possible.

[pauamma]

"When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home" --Erma Brombeck
"Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo." --Al Gore

[afuna]

*grin* Quotes appreciated.

[afuna]

Ahahhaa I knooow. Although, now that I've found out that I am allowed to smile (so long as I keep my mouth closed), at least now I just look constipated, rather than sullen and possibly thinking of violence :D

[kareila]

Yay!

[pauamma]

Cello! Callboy!

[afuna]

*looks faintly quizzical*

[pauamma]

There's something floating around the innarwebs that describes running Jabberwocky through a spellchecker. Some of the highlights include "Hast thou slain the Jabberwock? [...] Calloo, Callay!" becoming "Hast thou slain the paperwork? [...] Callboy! Cello!" (From memory)

[afuna]

Ooooooh.

[peoppenheimer]

OMG SO EXCITED

[afuna]

You sent me a PM! I will think on it and reply at some point, now that I'm no longer afraid I might jinx it!