On A Roll

It's visa renewal time.

Normally, every time I need to do this, I've needed to set aside pretty much a whole day because the Shinagawa Immigration Office is a nightmare.

The last time I was there just to PICK UP my resident card, I had to wait 3 hours.

I got up super early this morning and made it down there just after 9.10am. I still wore my work clothes and armed myself with a book, my phone charger and iPad thinking that I was going to be stuck there all day.

Headed in...no queue at the photobooth....got my pics snapped....headed upstairs....queued for a measly 10 minutes at the application counter....waited for about another 10 before my number got called and voila! I was done! The application section was over!

As I walked out the office, I checked my watch. It wasn't even 9.30!!!! How the hell did I manage to get in and out in under 20 minutes!!! I couldn't believe it!

Not that I'm complaining - all this bureaucratic crap seems to have gone swimmingly this year! I remember when I went to file my tax return, that took under 30minutes and now this?! Well chuffed.

Even better, I've been able to come home, do 4 loads of laundry, bake chocolate chilli brownies AND watch 2 episodes of the Great British Bake off and it's only 13.30!! Go me!!

And even better....Grey's Anatomy starts again tomorrow!!

Loving this week!

xoxo