Passport Follies

So we went to get the passport today ... never believing it is going to be a pleasant experience, I started our as prepared as possible. The post office near would take photos and process the passport. Wrong ... not for infants under five. Fine we'll go to the Walgreens (local drug store) and get a couple ... take them back ... wrong ... you have to have the eyes open. The Walgreen's photo clerk had just been to a class and had mentioned that babies do not have to have their eyes open. At least the post office clerk asked to see them as soon as we walked in and we did not have to wait in line. Back to Walgreens and the clerk there gave us some more prints (I actually took the photos) after waking her up. She then made a copy of the instructions that stated that babies eyes do NOT have to be open. Back to the post office and the clerk let us to the front of the line. Both of the clerks were being so nice I just decided to let it go. The Walgreens clerk even threw in this cheesy amusement park magazine cover photo and the eyes open passport photo did turn out cuter.

Also it could be that Walgreens and Post Office are in "cahoots" together because while waiting I picked up a Butterfingers, a Twix, some almonds, a bottle of water, and some video cassettes.