WE ARE DONE, WE HOPE!

WELL SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE LAST WEEK. I HAVE TO SHARE THE ADVENTURES THAT I HAD TRYING TO GET THE I171H CERTIFIED AND NOTORIZED. LAST THURSDAY I WENT TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND GOT THEIR STAMP WITH NO PROBLEM. THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. BEING THAT I DONT KNOW NASHVILLE ALL THAT GREAT I BROUGHT ALONG MY FRIEND KRYSTAL TO HELP LEAD THE WAY. WELL WE FOUND THE BUILDING NO PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS THERE WERE NO PARKING SPACES. SO I SEE A PARKING GARAGE! GOOD IDEA. OH BUT IT WASNT. SEEMS THEY WERE "VERY BUSY" THAT DAY.(HALF OF THE SPACES WERE EMPTY) SO I HAD TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK OUT. WELL IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAD A VERY NARROW DRIVEWAY AND I HIT THE SIDE OF THE WALL AND BUMPER GETTING OUT! THE LADY HAD THE NERVE TO SAY "YOU KNOW YOU HIT THE WALL" NO KIDDING! I THINK I HEARD THAT SCRAPING SOUND. WELL KRYSTAL GOT OUT AND LOOKED AND IT IS NOT TOO BAD, JUST A SMALL DENT AND SCRAPE. WELL WE FOUND A PARKING LOT THAT WE COULD USE AND PAY OF COURSE. GOT OUT AND WALKED WHAT SEEMED A MILE TO GET TO THE BUILDING. WHEN WE GET THERE WE HAVE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED SO WE CAN GET AN ID CARD(I BEGGED TO KEEP IT WHEN WE WERE DONE BUT THEY WOULDNT LET ME). WE HAVE TO GO TO THE 6TH FLOOR SO WE GET IN THE ELEVATOR. WELL ONCE WE GOT INSIDE WE NOTICE THERE IS NO 6TH FLOOR. THANK GOODNESS SOMEONE WAS WITH US AND SHE SAID WE COULD GET OFF ON THE 16TH FLOOR AND GET IN ANOTHER ELEVATOR AND GO DOWN TO THE 6TH FLOOR. WE FINALLY GOT THERE AND GOT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SEAL. THEN TRIED TO GO BACK DOWN, WELL WE COULDNT GO DOWN TO THE 2ND FLOOR BUT NO ONE TOLD US THAT. FINALLY SOMEONE LET US IN ON THE SECRET OF GOING TO THE 3RD FLOOR AND TAKING THE STAIRS TO THE BOTTOM. THEN WHEN WE WERE LEAVING THERE IS A MAN ACROSS THE STREET WITH A MACHINE GUN! OF COURSE I, NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH WHERE WE WERE HOLLARD "THAT MAN HAS A GUN!" WELL IT SEEMS THAT HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE TREASURY DEPT. AND HE ALWAYS STANDS THERE WITH A GUN. SO IS THE STORY OVER? NO! WE GO TO MY CAR AND THERE IS A HOMELESS MAN PEEING ON MY CAR! I YELL, AND HE IS JUST WALKING OFF LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. AFTER THAT I THINK KRYSTAL HAS DECIDED SHE WILL NEVER GO WITH ME ANYWHERE AGAIN! :-)
ANYWAY WE FINALLY GOT EVERYTHING CERTIFIED AND AUTHENTICATED, SO LAST NIGHT AFTER TRYING THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, WE FINALLY FOUND A FED-EX THAT HAD NOT ALREADY HAD THEIR LAST PICK-UP. THE GUY WAS THERE BUT HE WAITED SO WE COULD GET OURS SENT. SO NOW OUR COMPLETED DOSSIER IS AT THE AGENCY! WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR CRITICAL REVIEW AND TRANSLATION. THEN WE WILL BE DTC! OF COURSE I HAVE REALIZED FOR THE PAST 7 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN WORKING NON-STOP GETTING OUR DOSSIER TOGETHER. WHAT WILL I DO FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.......