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Form DS-11

I am never going to get a job with the government. Too many forms and procedures. I am filling out the paperwork to obtain passports for the little people in our house and it isn't fun. I also have to get a new passport, mine has expired, thank God I had really bad hair in 1993.

I need to get this done, all of the others going on our trip completed this task two months ago. Lori even called to remind me before xmas...can you say procrastination?

I try to tell myself I am getting better about not waiting until the last minute, hopefully I will not have to expedite. In my mind paying a fee is penance (there's that Catholic upbringing again) for waiting until the end. I don't even want to calculate how much I have spent in my lifetime on late fees.

By the time I get on the ball and get things done I will be so old and have lost my mind, I won't remember what I was supposed to be doing in the first place.

Comments

Chris said…
Hey Susan, how 'bout that gidt card? That's weird. Anyway, I hear ya sister on the procrastination thing! I have it down like no other, let me tell you!! Glad I am not alone.
9:02 PM
Karen said…
I knew there was a reason I like you! Beyond those chocolate chip cookies, that is.
2:40 PM
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