Latest Happenings

I had to get my passport renewed.  It was a chance to update my picture and actually have a decent one taken...one without the half head of bangs.  The day I went to get my picture taken, I made sure I dried my hair with the hair dryer and I even put on makeup.  It would not be a repeat of last time!  But alas...it was to be a passport picture.  When it was ready to take the picture, they told me I couldn't smile.  (Apparently, in British passports, you are not allowed to smile in your passport picture.)  But I'm American...so I needed to smile!  In my confusion of whether to smile or not smile, I ended up making a posed smile...and the result?  Another horrible passport photo.  Oh well.  It will only last me for 10 more years! 

My latest discovery is that I have to take a test on Life in the UK before I can apply for indefinite leave to remain here.  There is a book to read, things to be memorized, and a test to pay for and take.  So soon I will know more about percentages and facts about the UK than my husband or work colleagues!  Hopefully, that is.  Time is not really on my side, as I have a few weeks to cram and pass.  And so off to study I go...