Take that CVS!!!

We finished the first step of the process today. After collecting a massive amount of paperwork and incessantly calling our college and emailing our recruiter we are done. Today after a small passport photo fiasco we finally sent the documents off from the FedEx location in Jacksonville.

The passport fiasco began when we pulled into CVS off Baymeadows. We walked in and got our pictures taken and were then told it would be thirty minutes because the printing machine was out of order. We thought to ourselves, "Gee, you could of told us that before, but we just kept quiet and went to wait in the car."

One hour later we walked back in to check the status. We were told it would be any minute. Another twenty minutes later we quietly walked out and crossed the street to go to Walgreens (why are these two always across the street from each other?) Upon arrival we got our pictures taken and told it should only take ten minutes. About fifteen or twenty minutes later, we walked back up to the counter and no one was there. We just assumed she was still working on them. Five more minutes passed and the manager came up shocked and asked us if we were still waiting. He went behind the counter and fished out our pictures. Finally we had finished gathering all our documents! The pictures only took and hour and forty-five minutes. We were so glad to be done we just said thanks and left. From there we drove a block down the road to the FedEx/Kinkos to send our package. When we walked in, we realized there was a photo background to the side. We could have done our photos there and sent the package all within a few minutes of each other. Wow. Finding it a bit comical at this point, we briefly explained our laughter to the sales clerk. She replied, "Almost two hours! What were they doing? Sketching your photos by hand?" Thanks for that. :)

One more short set of paperwork and about seventy dollars later we sent our documents.
The most empowering moment was during our twenty minute drive back home the original lady from CVS called to inform us our pictures were ready. (This was almost two and a half hours later) We quickly informed her we went somewhere else and she could toss them. She then sounded frustrated like somehow we put her out. So rude. Jack promptly hung up without another thought. Take that CVS. :)

and thus our E-2 visa is well on its way...