FOUND IT!!!

[swestrup]

I found my passport! It was in a bunch of related papers in a manila envelope that had somehow been tidied away into a pile of National Geographic magazines.

I am SO happy that I won't be going through the hassle of getting an emergency replacement.

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[sps.livejournal.com]

Well, hooray for that!!!!

[americanstd.livejournal.com]

Let me know when you're out in the real CA, and maybe we can figure out a way to hook up.

[foi-nefaste.livejournal.com]

I love the organisation. I'm probably worse, though - I find my passport only because I consistently toss it into the same corner of the living room when I come back from a trip. When I need it again, I know which corner of the bookcase it is behind.

... I should probably do something about that, come to think of it...

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

Me too. I "fixed" it by setting up my desk around that corner when I made my home office so it's now my official stack of "papers to get to as soon as I have time".

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

... in a pile of National Geographic magazines, in a disused lavatory in the third sub-basement, behind a sign saying "Beware of Leopard". For safe-keeping, naturally :)

I do hate it when I do something like that to myself; congratulations on solving the puzzle!

[pythonian.livejournal.com]

Glad you found it! That does indeed solve a whack of problems for you. Did the finding of the "related papers" also help? It's bad enough when one must replace one document but a series of them is worse.

That, BTW, is precisely why one should only file things away, "for tidiness' sake" when under extreme duress:

- gun to the head

- end of the world

- the guest you hoped would never come over is coming over (parents, in-laws,ex-significant other, boss,...)

- frustrated beyond human endurance by the need to have at least one !@#$&%^! place to sit down that isn't covered by something else (papers, food crumbs, pointy things,...)

- after having lost all sense, common or otherwise

[swestrup]

Would be good. There has been talk of a general get-together of LJ-ers in that part of the world...

[swestrup]

The stupid thing is that I have an actual-to-goodness SAFE that my brother gave me to keep important papers in. Normally that's where my passport lives, but I took it out 'temporarily' to fill out some paperwork a couple of years ago and never put it away again...

[swestrup]

The 'related' papers had to do with hoops that I would have to jump through to do contract work in the EU. That paperwork (and my passport) got put aside when it became clear that said job would not develop.

So, no they didn't help. But I *DID* manage to procure a copy of my D.E.C. today when I couldn't find the original in this house...

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaaay for you. And not having to jump through bureaucratic hoops!

So I'm hoping there'll be a few vibes whispering success floating along the St. Lawrence in my direction. Because ... um ... I'd really like to find my stuff, before I actually need it again.

Happy-for-you hugs,
H.

[designergirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! You found it! :)

[grimmwire.livejournal.com]

Good to hear!