I thought I lost my passport (that I just renewed last year!) when I moved back to SD from LA. I couldn’t find it when I was flying domestically earlier this year to use in lieu of the Real ID I still didn’t have at the time, so I reported it lost thinking I could easily get a replacement – Turns out they void your old passport, make you pay the full fee for a new one, and show up in person with your birth certificate to prove your identification. And, I found my old passport in a random moving box, but I had already reported it lost

All that to say, I finally made an appointment to get my passport, even though I have no plans to travel internationally anytime soon. I printed my passport application and attached a photo I took for my passport last year since Kinko’s gave me extras.

You guys. A whole plethora of shit went wrong:

• I got my A/C fixed last week, and it worked when I drove my car home, but it was back to blowing hot air again on the way to my passport appointment and it was over fucking 90° – My dad is taking my car back to the mechanic who ‘fixed’ it today so he could put some knuckle in his eyeballs!
• I thought my application was properly filled out, but they asked me to fill in the blanks – does my dad have a middle name, what cities in the Philippines are my parents from, what is the confirmation # I got when I reported my passport lost in the beginning of the year… Like, I brought my old passport that I reported lost and found. Clearly, I am who I am.
• I made the mistake of bringing the passport I reported lost, bc she saw that the picture I attached was the same one from my last passport – She said that the picture has to be taken within 6 months, and she needs to take a new one of me. How would anyone know?! I look the same. I was prepared to take that original photo, so I’m wearing makeup in it, my lashes are done, and I’m wearing a decent top. I thought I would be in and out like a robbery this time, so I just threw my hair in a top knot, didn’t wear a stitch of makeup, and wore my ‘Future Corpse’ shirt. I was sweaty bc my car’s A/C was broken. I was a hot mess express and this picture is gonna be on my passport for the next decade 😅

My friend got a nose job and had to bring a letter from her plastic surgeon when she traveled bc she looked nothing like her passport photo afterwards 😆 Do I need to do something similar? ‘I swear that’s me – I don’t usually look like garbage’ 😜