Everyone Pray to the Travel Gods

Spurs and I have this lovely short vacation planned for the end of this week where we get to fly to an actual cool city in Texas and meet up with our friends from home. We have really been looking forward to this and it has been booked for a few months now.

So, thinking I'm doing the right thing, I go out a couple of weeks ago to get my new Texas license plates and my Texas drivers license. And foolishly I thought this State was much like the other States I've lived in where they actually give you your full on drivers license before you leave the building. WRONG. They took my SC license away from me and hand me this nice piece of paper and say - if you haven't gotten your license in 60 days call us. WTF?!?!?!

Okay, so panic hadn't set in yet until Spurs says - what about your upcoming flights?? Hasn't your passport expired too? Hmmm, yeth caller it has, and um yeth I don't have any sort of government issued photo i.d. F*CK!

So I frantically send off my expired passport and renewal app next day air with the extra HUGE fee to expedite the process and think - I'll get either my new drivers license or my renewed passport by the time we leave. This was a week ago. I call the passport office yesterday and they say "Yes, the PA office got your application and sent it off to the other office that issues your passport last Thursday but we have no indication that they have gotten it yet". GREAT - there is no way I'm getting that before Thursday of this week!

So I call the airline we are flying on and they say, just bring something with your name and a picture on it and the paper temporary license along with your Social Security Card and you will be fine. RIGHT. When has an airline ever made anything fine?

So I go out today to Kinko's where they make this lovely laminated card with my picture on it and my name, address, dob, etc. It looks like a 5 year old made this stupid card. Why do I have the feeling this isn't going to work?

So, I'm trying to keep my spirits up and think positively and am hoping some sort of government issued photo i.d. will come in the mail either today or tomorrow. So I need everyone out there to send positive vibes my way because I desperately need this short vacation! I'm going to be traveling like crazy for work here in the next few weeks and I need to have some fun before that!