You know what the fuck an apostille is? I had no idea until we got the checklist of paperwork that we have to gather. An apostille is like an international notarization. We gots to go to Sacramento to get an apostille. It's super deluxe. I was even pronouncing it wrong till I talked to my cousin, M&M. There is all this paperwork that we have to gather, notarize, and apostille. It's kind of absurd. And wouldn't you know it, my passport expired. So now I've got to pay $110 and wait for it to come back. Mr. Babyman also needs a passport. We have to create a personnel file and make a file for a Colombian work visa. Paperwork sucks. I hate dealing with bureaucracy. I always think of that Oscar Wilde quote, "Bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."
I'm also meeting with realtors to talk about selling our condo. I'm thinking we would leave for Bogota on July 22. July 20th is Bogota's Independence Day. I don't want to arrive on that day or the following hangover day.
The only major item that we're thinking about shipping is our tempurpedic mattress. It is arguably the best material good we own. Everything else goes into a 5 X 5 storage unit. Been on craigslist trying to sell everything we can. It's kind of cleansing and freeing. We collect a lot of stuff in this world and become overly attached to that stuff.
