Passport

I’ll be going on a trip to Sweden soon, and I’m doing the paperwork for getting a passport. For the past few days, it looked like I’d be going mid-February, but that may be too soon for the legal paperwork, so now it looks like the trip will be in late March or early April. I’ll definitely be going, whenever, and I’m a bit excited by the idea.

I’ve travelled some: several of the Southern states, as far north as New York and Illinois, and as far west as Texas, Arizona, and California. But I’ve never gone out of the country. Foreign travel is one of those things that I think could be interesting, but I’ve not had the urge, really, to go. There’s still many places in the US I’d like to see if I felt like travelling. And I’m a homebody by nature.

So, I’ve never had a need for a passport. I’m surprised by how expensive it is. I expected some fairly complicated paperwork, but the cost takes me aback. It’s going to be several hundred dollars, all told, with getting it expedited. Had I given it any thought, I’d have guessed less than a hundred bucks.

Today I’m running the errands for the prep-work for getting the passport. I’ve got to pick up a certified birth certificate, get photos taken, go to the post office, etc. It’s not like getting a driver’s license.

Bullgrit
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