"Someday my prints will come"

Well, we did it!! Yesterday we spent the WHOLE day in Indy. We got our documents state sealed and copied into 4 sets (137 copies!) We had our dossier checked over at our agency and we got our fingerprints done.
Some highlights:
1) Indianapolis was having their annual Strawberry Festival. Downtown. Closed roads, detoured traffic and no available parking.
2) Our agency told us that China has changed the rules again, and 1/2 of our paperwork would need to be redone.
3) Government workers are for the most part a sour group of people.
Now to hit the highlights in more detail:
1) We were downtown at the state house at 9:30 am. We left at 10:45 to go to our agency on the other side of town. We got done at our agency at noon and figured since immigration was downtown, we'd go back there, eat lunch and maybe shop a little since we had 2 hours to kill. Now at 11:00am there were garages, meters, side streets, all kinds of places to park. And we were RIGHT BY the entrance to the mall at the copy place. I could smell it.......ahhh.
We got back downtown around 12:20 and spent over 20 minutes just trying to get around the festival traffic. We then spent another 20 minutes trying to find a place to park so we could eat. Anyone who knows us knows that the 2 of us when we get hungry are NOT pretty people. We get pretty grumpy. We eventually found a YUMMY pizza place on an out of the way street and had a nice 45 minute lunch. So, it all ended well.
2) I SWORE to Jeff that I followed the dossier rules to the letter. I told him that I just KNEW that we did everything according to the rules we were given. It was driving me nuts!
When we got home we had a message from our agency saying that I was right and our paperwork would be OK. Only 2 little letters need to be redone and I can get that done quick as spit. WHEW!!! (I knew I was right!!) :)
3) Sitting in the immigration waiting room was quite entertaining. I didn't really mind that it took 45 minutes to get in for our appointment. Actually, I was really impressed that we got in so quickly, just getting in to see a doctor takes twice that long. What I found the most amusing is that they tell you not to show up early for your appointment because the waiting room is small and you won't be able to get in. The waiting room had 100 CHAIRS and plenty of room. I just think that they don't want to have to look at you. Anyway, had we not gotten there early, we would've been locked out completely. Our appointment was at 2:00 and they locked everything up at 1:59 sharp. They closed the black shades on their little "teller" windows. One poor guy was calling them through the little speaker on the window, no one ever answered.
Now, what the heck do gov't workers have to be so upset about all the time? How many of us would LOVE to be able to shut ourselves away completely at a certain point of the day? "Nope, sorry, the doctor is OUT!!" I guess they really don't need to worry about customer satisfaction......
It was really funny to hear the names called out in relation to our names. All these exotic names and then ours. I've never felt more white bread in my life!!
My hubby with his big man hands was fingerprinted and out in a few minutes. I must've been in there for 1/2 hour. They made Jeff leave the room. He was starting to get worried about me, but of course, the doors only open one way, and he couldn't get back in without being arrested. Afterwards, I felt like my fingers had been molested. They kept wetting them, rubbing them, putting soap on them, mashing them, rolling them. Ouch!
So, now, we just wait for them to get our next form to us and we can be done with our part.
Driving time: 5 hours
Gas: 40 dollars
Bringing our daughter home: Priceless!!!