If you thought I already had a passport, you were soooooo wrong.
If you are my mother and were told last Monday that I'd already dropped off my passport application, you have since been enlightened.
Truth is, nothing lights my fire like actual need...which is what debited airline tickets provided in proverbial spades. I printed up all my info, got my photos (the man taking them said I had a Mona Lisa thing going in response to my saying I looked severe) and dropped everything off downtown today with a check to expedite the whole process.
While getting the photos taken, I met a merchant marine heading to China. In line at the post office, I met a naturalized citizen getting a passport for her baby, a man considering going to Canada, a woman who did not speak (to any of us), and a woman who was shocked at how many people were waiting in line and so left. I'm enjoying the new people on this trip already!
I had a difficult time not giggling when swearing that all information was correct to my knowledge (reminiscent of applying for the ol' marriage license), but in 10 days I'll be all set to take a hammer to that electronic chip embedded in the back cover of my ticket to sabbatical joy.
I'm also delighted that I have a completely valid excuse to purchase a Moleskine citybook of Paris.
Posted by Ida at February 28, 2007 04:59 PMMoleskin!!!! Poor moles.
Argh! Envy rises!
I sooooo want to beg you to bring me back a case of canned cassoulet - the good stuff, with the duck confit and maybe the Toulouse sausage. But lugging a bunch of cans of beans around on an airplane would be not only inconvenient, but would probably look silly, not to mention being rather expensive, so I'll just sit here and drool, thinking about cassoulet right-from-a-can, no muss, no fuss, no cooking for three straight days, just creak, creak, plop, beep-beep-boop, ding, and it's done.
Cassoulet might not be tacos, but IMHO, it's right up there.
Posted by: COMTE at March 1, 2007 01:13 PMI intended to renew my passport early just to avoid The Chip, but I forgot. Gah.
Happy pre-France!
Posted by: molly at March 1, 2007 05:21 PMComte - www.dartagnan.com - They provide an AWESOME cassoulet kit. They are an american company based on the east coast.
Posted by: jaye at March 2, 2007 09:03 AMi JUST TODAY was shunned from the passport application people because they are beeatches. I severely dislike passport people.
Posted by: laurenj at March 15, 2007 09:03 AM