Land of the Free

Wakefield Skyline

Last week we all had to go to Grosvenor Square to the US Embassy to get Rowan's passport renewed. Amidst levels of security that are truly paranoid - [no phones, no car keys, nothing electrical] we made our way into the compound. Then it emerged I still had my car keys with me, so I had to leave the compound, go a nearby chemist who would look after them for me [at a cost] then go back in. I leave the compound realising, as the steel door clunks shut, that my wallet is with Danielle. I have no money to pay the chemist. I see Danielle and Rowan being escorted in, I shout through the fence "Give me a tenner!". Armed guards turn their attention to us. Passing money through the fence is very very suspect. After consultation amongst the security folk the tenner is passed through the bars and life goes on.
Next renewal time Rowan will be 20. She can get own then.