Old blue, where am I going, where have I been? July 2007.I am sending off my passport today to get renewed. It expires in two weeks. I should have done it earlier, but between my own travel schedule and my parent's jaunt to the axis of evil, I just wasn't going to give it up.
Now I am.
I am freaking. To me a passport is freedom and a way out. It is a way to mark your citizenship and I am damn proud to have a blue one.
Seriously.
I booked a ticket to London for the beginning on August to see if that will help expedite it. If it doesn't show up in three weeks, I go off to the passport office and get one on the spot. I also will get two nice days in England to do as I please. If it shows up earlier, I can cancel my trip and just wait until September, when I am already scheduled to go.
Amazingly, I found availablity on BA for August.
The new passport pages are a snap. They even let you fill out a pdf on line and it prints everything out so that its legible. Probably speeds up most peoples' applications this way.
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2 comments:
I am astounded that booking an imminent flight will pull weight with those guys! I travel abroad so infrequently, and have been confused about the new requirements. I qualify for the 3 month category, best I can tell.
Never mind, august or september, it will no doubt still be raining.
Bring your frog toed wellies and an umbrella, or possibly a canoe.
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