Why is there an expiration date on a passport when it doesn’t mean anything? Over the weekend, Jim was getting on-line visas to Cambodia for the family. He thought he would save us the hassle at the border. Well, good thing. The visa for Emersyn was denied by the Cambodia on-line system. She did not have a full six months left on her passport. We know this rule but didn’t even think about it.

Jim made an appointment at the Consultant for first thing Monday morning, December 7, for an emergency passport run. With an early appointment, we had completed the application within an hour of arrival. Now, we have to wait to see if her passport arrives in time for our trip. We were told it would arrive in 7-14 days. We were leaving in 9 days!!

We got the email notice on the following Monday, December 14, that Emersyn’s passport had arrived. Elle and I were out running errands for our trip. Elle’s school had an extra week off for Christmas. I decided to fit the Consultant in this afternoon to save our last day for packing. One important tip…NEVER, EVER go to the Consultant without an appointment. The system is set up to take all appointments first. When there is a break in appointments, they begin on the non-appointment people. Three hours later, we finally had Emmy’s passport in hand, thanks to the man who gave me his extra number that was five people earlier than mine. His ticket was stamped that he arrived an hour before me.