Today is my baby's passport appointment at the Clerk of Courts in Ellendale here in Oakes, North Dakota. I called to set-up an appointment for today at 9 am like two weeks ago. I am so excited for my baby to have his passport because it takes a couple of months before it can be released and we have a plan to travel in November or December. Well, just as we are about to leave this morning, I got a call from an unknown number and it was the clerk! She called to inform me that they have to cancel our appointment because there was an emergency situation at the court! The problem is, my husband, who is a farmer, specially reserved this morning for our baby and then it gets cancelled! It is so hard for him to get a day off nowadays because it is wheat harvest at the farm. I am so pissed and I am not impressed with what happened today. Now, how can I remain calm after a cancelled appointment? 

I had to take a leave from teaching here in Italki since I gave birth in May. I feel awesome to be back though! I am excited to meet new students and see my regular ones again. On that note, was there a time when you had to take a long leave and how did you feel when you got back?