52 Things – Finish all the consulate work in LA

This was one of the items that got done during our trip to Big Bear/LA:

I’ve been married almost eight years, had a kid 5 years ago, and became a citizen 4.5 years ago and had another baby 9 months ago. As these things happened, I was supposed to notify the Turkish government so they were aware of it.

Then Turkey changed their social security cards and mine became obsolete. And then my passport expired. So now, none of my paperwork is valid. My kids are not Turkish citizens and I have been putting off taking care of this for a long, long time.

During our trip to Anaheim for CHA, I decided to finally take care of it all. I had done the marriage part through New York (we got married in Boston) so I brought all the paperwork they needed, some photos, some cash and I was ready.

Except they had no internet so none of their systems were working. My kids were sick and grouchy and we all wanted to go home already.

Thankfully a very kind woman who works there felt sorry for me, gave me all the forms to fill out and took my money and my details and said she’d take care of it all for me and to call her in a month to follow up but I should be all set.

So I gave her all my documentation and we got back in the car to go home.

Assuming they don’t lose all my identification, this was a very successful and short trip.

And most significantly, it’s done. Done. Done. Done.

You know how sometimes you put something off so long that it feels like a huge burden. That’s what this was, so it’s a big deal that it’s done.

yey!