Play by Play

Update: It is now 11:07 and Huz just called. He is just. finishing. Can you believe it?! Apparently after I talked to him at 9, he went back to Delta where he tried to get it on the flight to Kyiv that had to go through customs given the slight chance that it could be DHL. He was on hold there for half an hour, then the Delta rep was on hold for half an hour. All to find out that they wouldn't allow it to go on the flight because it was 10 and it had to be registered by 9:30. Keep in mind that all this started back at 8:30, so Huz is pretty frustrated. Delta now says that the earliest it will be in Kyiv is 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, too late. Huz has to wait for them to credit our money back and of course that takes forever. Next he drives back to DHL and tries to ship it. But, because the city we live in is not serviced by DHL, and our credit card billing address is in this city, they won't accept payment. Never mind the fact that we are shipping FROM Salt Lake City and are at the exact pick-up spot. Wild enough, the lady working there also happens to be from our same city and is able to help Huz do a manual payment. Now, at 11 a.m., our one measly little piece of paper that has an attached apostille is headed to Ukraine, via DHL, with a very VERY slight chance of arriving in Ukraine before the SDA closes on Wednesday. Pray, pray, pray... that it will get there... or that I won't freak out:)

Let me give you a play by play of this morning. Huz was up and out of here by 6:30 a.m. This may not be that early to most of you, but here at the Holbrook house it's practically the middle of the night. We don't ever go to bed before midnight and that's considered early.

6:30 Huz leaves to take I-171h to capitol to be apostilled

7:50 Huz gets to capitol and has I-171h apostilled

8:30 arrives at Delta's cargo office to use their spiffy little Delta Dash service that is only

slightly more expensive than a delivery service and can guarantee delivery faster as it

essentially flies as a passenger of a given flight

8:45 is told by Delta that it has to switch flights and will have an additional 8 hour customs

pit stop in Amsterdam that's right folks, our piece of paper has to go through

customs...haha:)

8:50 Huz decides to send it through DHL as we were told by them it would have guaranteed

delivery by 3 p.m. Wednesday, tying with Delta Dash and costing a little less. Also a

VERY slight chance it could arrive maybe a couple hours earlier.

9:00 discover that DHL is now guaranteeing delivery by 4:30 instead of 3. Huz and Ellie from

the agency decide to go with plan B? to send it Delta Dash because a guaranteed delivery

of 3 is far better than a guaranteed delivery of 4:30 even though the 4:30 has a VERY

slight chance that it could be earlier.

9:17 I've been up for almost 3 hours and been on the phone, emailing and texting this whole

time.

We're of course praying our brains out that this document arrives in Ukraine in time to be translated, notarized and delivered to the SDA Wednesday. If you feel so inclined to join us, we'd love the extra prayers:)