Hurry up and wait!

Where do I start? Well Thursday was crazy (Got all of our legal documents notarized at the local and state level)...and then came Friday!   All of our legal paperwork had to go to Houston, Texas to TECO (Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office). 

There are a number of TECO offices across the U.S. but Mississippi is designated to Houston.  Once the paperwork is there, they will verify that all of the paperwork is legit and all of the notaries, local and state notaries, are correct.  IF we would have sent the paperwork via FedEx...it could have taken more than a few days for them to verify it once they received it.  So if we would have sent it FedEx there, the time it would take TECO to review and notarize the paperwork, and then send it back to us....would have taken TOO long! (Not to mention the website specifies that they are not responsible for lost documents!) So we decided to take the documents to TECO and personally deliver it to them.  This process only takes a few hours! Sherra dropped me off at the airport around 6 Friday morning and my flight left at 7:10.  After arriving in Houston at 8:30ish, I picked up a rental car and drove directly to TECO (found it with no problem!) Oh, this was my first trip to Houston and that city is just HUGE!Everyone at the office was extremely nice.  I was told that the paperwork would be finished around 11:30 so I could wait there or come check back then.  Lucky for me I decided to pack my running gear just in case I had to wait...so I went for a run.  I really enjoyed running through downtown Houston (it was very flat) and found a nice neighborhood to run through.  I made it back to the office at 11:20 and it was almost exactly 11:30 when she gave me the paperwork.  Now my flight was scheduled to head back to Jackson at 8:40 pm.  Luckily I contacted Mrs. Jo Ann (who set up all of my flight and rental car) and she informed me that there was a 3:00 flight heading back if I made it in time.  I called and verified the flight change and made it back to the airport with plenty of time to spare (after getting lost a few times on the way back...did I mention Houston is HUGE?).  My flight made it back safely and boy was I tired.  I slept late Saturday morning, which I do not usually do, and then we set out to FedEx.  The documents were sent to Taiwan Saturday morning...so now we wait and pray that they make it safely!  From there everything goes to the Taiwan courts and we wait some more! Oh the waiting......