It took me a while to figure out what you were talking about. That’s not even supposed to be there. That’s my daughter’s. I have no idea why she decided to put it there apart from the aforementioned “fuck it.”

This is a far more rational order than the chaos that is our bookshelves:

And that is after significant weeding.

We did try with the paperbacks, but we decided “fuck it” after a while.

Pinocchio literally calls him ‘father.’

No other shipper would get it there that fast except DHL, which was not an option for me because it was 2 hours away and I don’t have the time to drive that far.

I’m sure living in a town in Indiana where businesses who would normally open up in a place with this population size but don’t because the region is too poor doesn’t help.

In theory, but not any more apparently. Only emergency travel documents, not official passports.

USPS does it for less than $10 if you aren’t in a hurry.

I did not. I just used the website. Thanks for letting me know that though.

The issue is I am applying for jobs because I want one when I get there, meaning I have to give a firm date and I already have.

Yeah. Unfortunately, I want to get it to them as quickly as possible because I want them to get all this done before they’re closed for Christmas, so I paid extra.

Not one with envelopes.

But it probably would make them forget about sending the passport when they start tripping.

I hope not?

I agree. And the cost itself is outrageous for all of their prices. I’m literally sending two pieces of paper. Thin paper. Not even normal A4 weight. The cost in fuel would be negligible.

DHL is like a 2-hour drive away and I don’t have the time to do that, unfortunately. But thank you for the suggestion. Living in Indiana sucks. This town’s metro area has about 100,000 people, but DHL doesn’t think it’s worth having a depot here and Target has decided we’re too poor.

Agreed.

They need the original documents and the USPS is slower. Wouldn’t it be nice if they had some kind of “embassy” or “consulate” that you could just send all these documents to in the US and get a passport? Alas.

I thought I wouldn’t be able to get it to them by Monday, so if it gets there at some point on Friday… they won’t even send me info about it until a week from now at least. I’m trying to get my passport by the inauguration, but that may not be doable. And they now have my US passport. In theory, I can get emergency travel documents.

They keep telling me to send another document and don’t tell me to send it the previous time. So fucked up. Just let me send it all at once.

I’m told this is all due to the Tories.

If you mean why didn’t I send a fax or a PDF, it’s because the passport office wants original documents.

You’re a soup spoon.

Okay, crossing Sri Lanka off the bucket list.