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Originally Posted by Mastodon
(((jersey)))
Does it feel a bit less overwhelming now that you know what's going to happen?
(((granite)))
Keeping busy is good. I hope you'll have a good trip.
I've been booking trips like a whole herd of migrating mammoths, lately. I'm going to the UK in early February, and early March, and in mid-April, and possibly late April, and then to the UK and Ireland in August... and I've just realised that I'm not sure when my passport expires. I should check that when I get home. I have plenty of time to renew it before February, but I don't want to leave it until it's too late.
Hmm. No, I think I'm good, because I seem to remember that I had to get a new one when I travelled to the U.S. in 2007 (because my old passport had a tiny crack in one page), which means that that one expired in 2012, so I would have had to get a new passport then, and in that case I'm good for another three years. I know that in the U.S. lots of people don't have or need a passport, but from what I understand it's much more of a hassle to get one there.
Sorry, I babble. I'm trying not to be all disgustingly cheerful after this morning's T session.
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I have to admit, when I saw you said you had plenty of time to renew your passport before February I was like WAT. It really is a pain over here, which might be why a lot of people don't have one. Although, the upside is, it's valid for 10 years. Which of course makes it easier to forget that you have to renew it.
I had forgotten to renew my passport last year and had to "expedite" the process... I forget how much time that actually saves you, but I still think you need to leave about two weeks if you do that. On top of that, I had changed my name (I got my passport at 18, and got married at 27) and so had to fill out some extremely unclear paperwork for that... it was a fun time, where by "fun" I mean not fun at all. But I got my new little blue book in time to visit the Low Countries and the UK last spring
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Good luck with all your travels!