Road to the Passport

Okay, so I was very worried about getting my passport in time for April 28th-ish... As of Tuesday I hadn't sent in my application, and I was still deciding whether or not I should wait in the super long line or chance the mail-in. Well, according to Passport Canada (how hard is it to type "Canada"?) the mail-in apparently takes 60 business days...9 weeks...LONG TIME!!! I decided that if God wants me to go to Europe this summer, I would get to the passport building as early as possible and get through the line before pressing engagements, such as...Sport Med volunteering. Not class--I skipped class for to get the pass-to trans-port. Last night (Tuesday), I went to bed early (asleep by...11:30. That's really good!) and awakened at 5:30am to meet my destiny. Since I thought the building wouldn't be open at such an ungodly hour as 6:30am (though I love mornings, not everyone else does!), I put on the long socks, the ski-pants, the mitts, the scarf, the sweater, the vest, the jacket...and packed along a lawn chair. At 6:30am on the nose I opened the open doors to the Harry Hays Building, walked into the toasty-warmness, hopped up the stairs, and...the line was only down the hallway! I peeled off the unneeded clothing and camped out in my chair under the stare of fellow early-risers' eyes that said, "Why didn't I think of that?" (Thank you Mom!). The 1.5 hours of waiting until the "skeleton" crew arrived (that's a real quote, by the way...hire workers, Canada!) consisted of amusing daydreams and listening to the same song on my MP3 player over and over (it's a good song!). Finally the line moved, I waited in a room, I freaked out because I found out the Alberta Health Care Card is an unacceptable supplementary ID, I panicked and checked to see if my mouth was slightly open in my photos, my number was called, and all went well! She was so nice, professional yet friendly. I walked out of there at 9:30amand got to the University in time for my 3rd class! Honestly, Thank You LORD! (you guys have no idea how worried I was about this!!!).