We applied for our passports this week. Harold shouldn’t have any issue getting his, we actually have copies of his birth certificate……but me…… That is another nightmare.
I don’t remember if I explained the issue that I’m having. With being born in Germany I have a Certification of Birth Abroad. Well years ago we had to have a copy of it put on file at a recorders office and they were suppose to mail the original back. According to their records they did, back in 1990………but we never received it. So all I have is the certified copy from the recorders office. So I used that for the passport application and was informed that I MAY get approved for passport for 1 yr and then I have to get an original of the document that was lost by the USPS over 17yrs ago.
Which I didn’t even know that I could get…….so now I have to deal with the State Department and that was a nightmare trying to get the correct information for what I need, since my form numbers don’t match with what they say I can get…..they do change things in 33yrs. When I called the DC number I got caught in a nightmare from HELL with their automated system and I couldn’t get a person……just got hung up on!!! Is this what my tax dollars is paying for?!?! I only had a couple of questions that I need answered……..I lucked out and found a number for “passport” info here in this area, even though I needed info from the State Department, the guy I got was really nice and helpful. The DC number SUCKED!!!
Now I have to send off a notarized letter requesting what I need, copy of my DL and anything else I can think of……..like my original German Birth Cert., copy of my Cert. of Birth Abroad, & my very old expired military ID……even a copy of the form my parents filled out with the consulate in Germany reporting my birth………..oh yeah, I need to send a check with it all. But the good thing is that the form I actually need I can get more then one copy, so I’m getting 2 and protecting one of them with my life since I have to send off one of them to the State Department for the passport application.
I tried dying my hair blue tonight, didn’t really take……good thing is it a temp thing. We are going to a goth type halloween party tomorrow and wanted to go all out. So I’m going to pick up some purple dye and see if they have some colored jel. But I have to get my nails done tomorrow. Going to have them done in black for the goth and designed with gold so it works for my football colors of Purdue. =)
Then I played around with the make up. When we went and picked out our costumes we picked up some “geisha” type make up. It is actually more like what you would wear depicting the powdered Elizabethan age. It was interesting……I haven’t put that much eyeliner on since my hairband days……lol Boy it was a pain to clean up.
Dad called last night. Sometimes a girl just needs to hear her dad’s voice. =)
It has gotten chilly here, but it has been beautifully clear. Damn does Mt Hood look gorgeous.
