As we were eating breakfast in the hotel lobby this morning, I saw a FedEx truck pull up to the hotel next door. It sat there for a while so logically I started to panic that they were trying to deliver our envelope to the wrong place. Just as Steve got up to check, the truck pulled up to our hotel, and out popped the driver with our envelope.
I ripped it open, and there it was: my birth certificate, Steve's (I turned it over to confirm a stamp on the back), the Pilot's registration and title.
Yay!
We finished filling out the paperwork for our licenses, got the kids in the car, and started our two-hour drive to the place where we need to take care of everything.
Luckily we were only five miles into the trip when I noticed...
Steve said, "So you're sure those documents are correct?"
"Yep!" I pulled them out to look again. I read our title. I read our registration. I read the notes my mom had scribbled on the back of my official birth certificate at some point.
I glanced at Steve's birth certificate and thought, "Hmmm. That's weird. Why would Steve's signature be on his own birth certificate?" Then I glanced at the signature next to it and realized...oh, shit.
It was not Steve's birth certificate. It was his marriage certificate from his first marriage.
We're now waiting for dawn to break in California so we can call Lori to see if she can go back and find Steve's birth certificate.
Again, even if she finds it, there's no guarantee that it's an official copy. So I'm also researching flights again. If Steve has to fly back, we'll have to wait until Monday to take care of everything because there's really no way he can fly back to California, get a certified copy, and get back here during normal business hours tomorrow.
As I have mentioned before, I do believe in signs and omens. I'm trying to convince myself that the universe isn't trying to keep us from moving to Texas, but it's getting harder and harder to deny it.
Have you contacted where he was born to see if you could have a rush birth certificate sent to you by fed ex? I would imagine it wouldn't be cheap. But even if you are talking about $150 (you know the money talks fee, plus fed ex charge and such) it would be way cheaper then flying back and forth.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't take this as an omen yet... I would take it as yet another reason why it is important to have a passport even when you don't plan on going out of the country.
Hang in there! I hope you have at least been able to take the kids to see neat things while you have been there.
We could have gotten it rushed, but even that takes 7 days, plus we'd have to use some kind of third-party system, which I wouldn't have been comfortable doing.
ReplyDeleteYes, passports would be good. Mine expired years ago, and we were going to get them renewed a couple years ago but then I got pregnant with Anna and we figured we weren't going to go anywhere anytime soon. Live and learn!
Holy cow. Something NEEDS to go your way. I hope all gets worked & that once it's said & done that it was all well worth it.
ReplyDeleteOh my God I am stressing out reading all of this!!!!! This will make a great episode though if you ever decide to create your own sitcom. Gonna keep reading and hope this all ends well!
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