Fingerprinting Fiasco

The way things went, I'm pleasantly surprised that we actually got our fingerprinting completed today. We were afraid that Brent would be on strike duty in Kansas, so I was very happy that he was here to get his fingerprinting done. I had been telling him the address of the federal building over and over and his response was always, "Don't worry! It's a new, beautiful building right by my office." We head in for our 8:00 a.m. appt. and are right on time getting to the new, beautiful federal building. Problem came when we discovered that our room didn't exist and the guard finally figured out that we needed to go to the OTHER old federal building. Well we hightail it several blocks over through the snow (Can you believe SNOW on April6!) and arrive late and there is a room full of people. The wait is long, which would be fine on other days, but today I have to be at Lydia's school to work by 9:30 a.m. Impossible on this day. I call Mom to tell her my predicament (she's home with Lydia who's sick & not going to school) and get the school phone # so I can tell them I'll be a little late. I had to sneak and do this in the lobby because cell phones are NOT permitted. Well, a few minutes later my cell phone rings. I dart out of the room and try to dodge all the dirty looks I'm getting and what do I hear when I answer? Lydia yelling, "Mama! It's snowing!!" It was very cute and sweet, but I was too frazzled to enjoy this cute, illegal phone call. By now I'm sweating and my blood pressure is high over everything that is wrong on this Monday morning. I finally get my turn and am telling this to the fingerprint lady and she say, "You could have just come later today or any Wednesday. You have 87 days before your case is considered abandoned." Sure wish I'd known that!