パスポートを見せて下さい
The phrase above ("Please show me your passport") was the first I ever learned in Japanese. And for a moment this weekend, I was living in dread of it.
As I've mentioned before, I'm heading off this weekend for Old Blighty, to see one of my closest friends get herself hitched. I've been really looking forward to it, enough so that I stayed here during Spring Break to get myself a bit more caught up and prepared. I've been looking forward to visiting the Oxford Thai (an old haunt of mine), seeing old friends, and in general chilling out.
And then I realized that though I'd bought a ticket, remembered to take my suit to the cleaners, and made a plan for how to use both legs of the airline trip as effect study hours, I'd forgotten one important point. My passport expired last December.
Hence my frantic bout of organization this weekend. I realized that I'd been so focused on law school and the upcoming exams that I'd let other responsibilities like my accounts, my taxes, and my friends sort of slide. And it was just going to get worse.
This morning saw me leaving the Malebolge at 7:00 AM to scurry towards Hudson Street and the New York Passport Authority. Fortunately, they let me make an appointment, and tomorrow I can pick up a shiny new passport. There are some big advantages to living in a big city, I guess. And sometimes I get incredibly lucky.
Comments
If you are with spare time in London, give me a shout and we can go for a drink - Oxford people have my number
Jo Smith
Posted by: Jo | March 30, 2004 06:44 AM