We arrived “downtown”, somewhat close to the Embassy, with 18 minutes to spare.
Unfortunately, the taxi driver let us out about 6 blocks too soon. Great. Now we needed to haul arse.
We did.
My back will never be the same, however. I’m too fat to walk slowly much less in a hurry.
We got to the Embassy, and there were 2 people ahead of us asking about passports.
REALLY ROLLO?
READ THE SIGNS WENCHES. THEY’RE ALL AROUND YOU. YOU NEED TO LOOK IT UP ONLINE. I NEED TO GET INSIDE. MOVE IT.
Please?!?! 😚
I got to the window, and the girl behind the glass started to stand up as if going on a break. I put my paper, informing her of my appointment, through the window slot, and she kindly sat back down. I told her all I needed to do was give my form, and I showed her, to someone in the SSA department, nothing else. She said, if I wanted, she would deliver it herself in about 5 minutes.
I almost cried.
She asked me to write my phone number on the form, gave me her pen, I did that, and away we went.
Needless to say, we thanked her profusely, then went to find a taxi home.
Did I mention that the taxi rides cost us $280 pesos each direction? That’s $14 each way. Mind you it’s about 10 miles each direction but about 30-50 minutes, depending on the time of day.
We did it. We were both so much more relaxed we just smiled at each other.
Thanks for following along with us, and remaining patient as we live our lives, hoping to do something worth being written about. 😂
Until something else exciting happens, stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.