get a passport and use it!

Friday I filled out my application, got my pictures taken, and turned everything in with a nice fat check.

So in 4-6 weeks I should officially have a passport.

Also, Monday is the informative meeting for the trip to Costa Rica.

What is Step One? Well, simply enough… actually applying for the damn thing. =D I am planning on doing my study abroad in Japan starting next Spring and I need to get my shit together. So this is the first step in gathering said shit. Fairly painless to, save for the cost. $121.10. That is 5 for a fresh birth certificate (my old one was a bit worn and the raised seal was practically non-existent), 15 for proper passport photos to be don’t in the post office, 25 dollar post office fee for.. I dunno… TAKING my application, then 75 for the State Department. And of course you can’t send cash in the mail so the last 1.10 comes in the form of the fee for the USPS money order. They said it is taking approximately 4-6 weeks for these to process right now. So with some luck, I’ll be getting my passport like a present by my birthday next month. Thanks Uncle Sam… now… SEE YA! The using it part should come next Spring. Wish me luck!

and if using it to collect dust counts as using it. Goal accomplished!

I didnt get a passport but i went to dominican and didn’t need one from Ontario!!!! but a trip was what i really meant lol.. im going again in Jan….:)

and it was an amazing time there but the journey out was horrible. It was my first time on a plane and it wasn’t the best experience ever.
I was so sick on the way out, when the plane set off it did sharp turns and I felt so sick and the turns kept coming. Then just before we started to go down I started to feel a little better but we went through some thick clouds and I felt very ill again. I even had the sick bag ready so I was very happy when I got off the plane and I didn’t want to get back on one to come home.
The flight home was much smoother and I didn’t feel as sick!! When the plane took off I felt a little sick but then I was back to normal within 5 minutes. The majority of the journey I was ok but the last 10-15 minutes I felt more and more sick but nothing compared to the sickness I felt on the way out.

My passport turned up today!! I was getting a little worried about it because there is a postal strike and I thought if there was something wrong with the third set of pictures I won’t know until Wednesday when the mail starts again. Then if there was another problem I wouldn’t have time to sort it because how long it takes to post etc so I don’t know what I would of done for a passport.
But there was a knock on the door this afternoon and it was my passport so as you probably guess I was very happy when I saw my passport and was even more excited because it’s my first ever passport.

My pictures have come back for the second time!! They say they can’t see my eyes!! I can so I don’t know how they can’t!! So I had to go and get a third set yesterday, this is turning out to be expensive now because I am on my third set of pictures and I’ve had to send my application back 2 times before now. Once with a birth certificate which cost me £7 and with another set of pictures. Each time I have to send it back it costs me to send it signed for recorded delivery so I hope these pictures are OK because it’s cost me almost £100 as it is now.
It’s due to fly out to Amsterdam 2 weeks on Friday so I hope that there is nothing wrong with these pictures as I am running out of time to get this passport!!

I went to Japan! 8)

I forgot to send my birth certificate with my application and they sent me a letter back saying I need to send it to process my application.
Then I find I can’t find my birth certificate so this is holding things up. I am going to go and try and get a new one today and will send it off today if I get it. I have a priority lable so I will go to the front of the que so hopefully I will get my passport back in time for me going to Amsterdam next month.

...as the cheque was cashed three days ago. I can’t wait to see it, to finally have one. It’s going to be amazing to have a passport and of course I will be using it in around 5/6 weeks time.
I already have a pink leather passport holder which I’ve had for at least 2 years now, it’s in my bedroom in it’s wrapping waiting to be used so as soon as I get my passport it will be going in that.