Passport Fun
We wanted to get passports for the kids in the event we fly to Disney sometime this year. We can’t fly to the US without a passport now. I’ve heard nothing but horror stories in getting them and the waits involved. We didn’t want to mail them as they would have their original documents in their hands for months until they were sent back. We didn’t feel comfortable with that.
I decided to suck it up and drive in early. I didn’t sleep well and was up at 3AM on a Wednesday morning and was parked and in line at 4:40AM downtown. I was 28th in line !! There were some that got there at 3AM. The weather was crummy – cold and rainy. I found a spot under an awning and was able to break out my laptop and watch Mission Impossible 3 until 6AM when they let us into the building. We sat in the building in a line until 7:30 when the office opened. Behind me at this time was over 250 people who were looking at a 5 hour wait to get their documents processed. I watched the movie Firewall next and was served at 8:15AM which I thought was pretty good. Having the movies to watch made time fly. Now we just need to wait 4 weeks to get them.