At Last..

I loaded up the van with the kids, and headed out for San Francisco this morning to my appointment at the Passport Processing Department.  I am happy to report that I and the kids are ready to travel! 

Yahoooo!  We have our passports!!  Finally...

All the paperwork was there with the application so I didn't have to submit any more documents or pay more money.  After various calls to national 800# I was told it may be a possibility, but alas, it ran more smoothly than expected.  We did have to come back a few hours to pick the passports up, and that included a lot of walking up and down the streets of San Francisco, and a hour wait in front of a building.  Of course I forgot the stroller, but my youngest was pretty good, and did not complain of all the walking.  We did find a really nice park at the Yerba Buena and Embarcadero..  I wish I had my camera.  There was a really nice park area with fountains, and it was nice just to stop there and rest our wreay feet.  Nicholas had a lot of fun making wishes in the fountain.  Here are an example of some of his wishes:

"I wish to play with my friends at school."

"I wish to make cookies with Mommy."

"I wish to eat cookies."

"I wish to see the stars at night.."

The wishes go on and on..  (I had a lot of pennies in my purse.)  Hearing his simple, little wishes always seem to take me back to reality.  It's the simple things in life that most matter. 

  The fountains for wishes; Yerba Buena Garden, San Francisco  Pictures courtesy of Google.

  We left San Francisco a little past 1 o'clock with our passports.  Imagine my surprise upon opening my email to read that my passports have been "sent."  Hmmm..  Makes you wonder.  Gee...  I just picked them up, and NOW they say they are going to mail them to me?  How strange. 

This week has been a strange one.  Wednesday was a particulary bad day; our family cat was put out of it's misery, and is gone.  It was quite an emotional day; especially for my older son.  Wednesday happened to fall on the my dad passed away as well.  In a nutshell, it was not a good day.  I now hear meows at my window, but he isn't there. 

Goodbye L.A.  We love and miss you.