Ay, Pod.

Well, we havent traveled much yet, but the adventures have already begun! We moved out of our apartment yesterday and put our possessions in a Pods unit. Moving always takes forever and a half. We had been boxing stuff up for days, and were still rushing around to get things done on moving day. The Pod came in the morning, movers came and shuffled everything into it, the Pods guy came back in the afternoon, we locked up the unit, and it was finally off on a truck to a storage facility. With the exception of two backpacks, some clothes, and two bikes, everything got locked up and taken away yesterday. Everything. It wasn't until we were cleaning up the apartment at night that we realized - um, wait. Where our are passports?!?

Sh!t.

"I thought they would have been in this yellow folder here!"

"Crap, I kept them in the other folder in that one drawer in the desk!"

"Crap, THAT is the ONE drawer I didn't check was empty!"

Both of our faults, really.

The folder they were in also had our other important documents like birth certificates, SS cards, and marriage license. Two of which we would need to get new passports....

Double sh!t.

Our flight was the next morning at 9:15. And the Pods unit, while accessible to us, wouldn't be available until 10am.

AAAHHHHhhhhhhh.

I will make a long story short, but it turns out that in order to get two super expedited passports (we leave for Guatemala in 2 weeks) and have them look up your US records (to ensure citizenship without documents) costs nearly exactly the same as changing two flights to Phoenix arriving right before Christmas. Which is to say, it is VERY expensive.

So, we changed plans. I took the flight in the morning to avoid having to pay for 2 changed flights, and Nilit dropped me off then went to the Pod in the morning to fish out the passports & papers. The desk was one of our heaviest items so the movers took it out early, which means it was alllll the way in the back of the Pod. We weren't sure if the drawer would be accessible without unpacking the entire rest of the apartment from the Pod.

Turns out, it was all the way in the back like we thought, but there was a small gap to open the drawer. Good thing Nilit is light and a good climber.

Picture Nilit sent me from the Pod. SUCCESS!

He's headed to Phoenix tomorrow morning, passports in hand :) We are both looking forward to some  laid back time with family for the holidays before leaving for Guatemala right after New Years.

2013 is going to be epic.