Passport, Liverpool and New Job!

So after finding my passport, I discover it is ruined!! I spend two days talking to friends, family and post office employees to try convince myself all will be well. Then finally rang the passport officials. Bad news, I need a new one, it is going to cost be the best part of £100 and I have to go to Liverpool. Fair enough, can just about be done I guess. Then I realise on the form I have to fill in, I need someone of high standing in society, who has known me for a few years has to sign a photo of me, panic and up all night till i realise someone who can help!
Cut a long story short, I got all the paperwork signed, some new photos as back up, got it all ready, then the next day set off for liverpool (with a quick call at the dentist first for some boring brace related stuff)
Arrive at liverpool about 3hours ahead of schedule!
Passport office agrees to see me early, takes my paperwork with barely a smile, tap, tap, tap on the computer , "go over there to pay" and that is it, no passport and over £100 poorer including train fare, but she assures me the postman will bring it in under 7days.

We wander back to liverpool centre, look round the "posh" and "chav" areas then in an effort to try forget the troubles, Boyfriend and I go look for dinner, find a nice all you can eat Chinese and stuff our faces full of ribs, rice, prawn toast, curry sauce, noodles, chicken, pork, the works and wash it down with Jelly! All for under a tenner each!

I highly recommend the:

May Sum Buffet King Restaurant

180-181 Elliot Street, St Johns Precinct, Liverpool, L1 1NH T: 0151 707 6886

Stuffed full we head back to the train station, to find we have a while to wait for the next train, so decide to look for an interesting shop. We find a forbidden planet like shop, we spend ages in, seeing all the Japanese and other nerdy toys makes us all giddy and excited about the Holiday!
I buy a little voltron toy, as I don't want to spend much, then we head home.

The next day my boyfriend brings lots of Japan maps around and we plan the holiday inch by inch! With a folder full of print outs, we figure the fact we haven't heard from the passport office is good news, as there mustn't be a problem.

The next day he goes home quite early to run errands and stuff, not long after I get up, (actually while I am in the bathroom) I hear a knock at the door, I run to it , and yes yes yes my passport arrived!!

Just over 2days, well done passport office people ^_^

Holiday is saved, I go to work happy.


Whilst all this was happening I got a phone call on one of the mornings to say I got a job at Thomas Cook as a "data controller" and I start when i return from Japan! Sorted a few e-mails and refs with them and just waiting for my contract to arrive. Let my current workplace know, i will be sad to leave them, I made good friends, but they pay is a lot better, as is the job, so I can't be all sentimental about it now! They said I can come back if I ever become a student again and give up my full-time job, so that is good to know.

So basically, in the place of a few days Japan wasn't happening , and now it is all back on, and planned to the Max!

Only just over a week to go now..not looking forward to the flight, but sure am glad the passport super big issue is sorted.


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