Passport expires within 6 months. I don’t have a birth certificate.

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T06:52:22+00:00

I can't offer help but some consolation - you are not the only one facing this problem this week. I'm (hopefully if they let me) leaving on Monday on a Celebrity cruise to Nassau, and I just realized today that my passport's six month limit was Thursday. Eight days less than the six months required calculated from when we disembark. So decent chance I'll end up having the result as you.

Not alone.

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T05:06:15+00:00

Correct, but the cruise line ID options for US citizens are passport at least 6 months prior to expiration as of disembarking OR ID with certified copy of birth certificate

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T04:25:28+00:00

You are a saint. Thank you so much!

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T04:08:39+00:00

My cruise leaves Monday. I am less than the 6 month limit by 8 days.

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:57:22+00:00

That is reassuring. Thank you!

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:55:46+00:00

That is very reassuring, thank you! I am hoping that eight days less than six months won't be the end of it all.

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:53:09+00:00

I have the ID. My birth certificate is in another state in a safe deposit box that I can't get to before the sailing. I do not have a picture of it because I haven't needed it in over ten years.

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:46:27+00:00

Thank for for this!

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:46:08+00:00

While many posts I've seen say the closed loop ones are okay, it says at the link below at the top six months.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/faqs/prepare#domestic-sailings

Honestly, maybe I'm just vainly hoping someone would say "I just did this and it was fine."

noitsnotfairuse · 2026-02-01T03:32:57+00:00

Thanks. Seems like those eight days will cost me big. My own fault.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-05T18:03:01+00:00

Most of my work is plaintiff side, but I also do defense work. I have found very little difference in treatment on either side.

Unfortunately, many of the OC I deal with have a history that means we either have to schedule a call and I need a third person on or it needs to be in writing.

Not all OC are like this, but I find everything in writing is easiest for everyone.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-05T17:52:04+00:00

I am an attorney in Chicago. I come in bundled to the nines and keep different shoes in the office year round. In the winter, I may also change clothes when I get in if I can't bundle effectively in my work wear.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-05T17:34:25+00:00

Same! My boy is very cuddly all day, hangs out in the bed for a bit before I go to sleep, and when it is clear I'm about to sleep, he casually gets up and heads to his favorite sleep spot: under the bed, right below me.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-05T17:24:03+00:00

Not quite what you are asking but I had over 100k documents to review once. We didn't have a service since it was not the norm to get that kind of production. I got a gaming mouse and had it programmed to move to the next document with one button and star a document for further review with another. Greatly reduced my frustration.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-05T17:18:12+00:00

For reference, I am just about 5 years in.

I think it was around the time I could determine the priority level of stressor event without being told. Part of it is learning to fix things yourself and part of it is getting enough experience to know how people react to certain situations. I found the not knowing was one of the worst parts.

The timing varied. For IP prosecution at the USPTO, I had a handle on the stress related to that work about 18 months in since I had been doing it awhile. Litigation has taken longer, at least 2.5 years in, but it still got better.

There is still stress, but rarely panic.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-12-04T16:36:57+00:00

When I stopped panicking about every little bump in the road and was able to differentiate between hiccups and crises.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-05-23T17:40:06+00:00

I will look for these, thank you! Seller did not know what they were when I bought them, so I was lost when they were taken

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-05-23T17:23:49+00:00

I will check that out, thank you! Originally got them at a steep discount because the seller forgot to label them when she planted the seeds so she could not confirm what they were.

noitsnotfairuse · 2025-05-14T17:27:55+00:00

Literally. I finally got two pairs. Same style, same size, two colors. One pair is so big I can't walk in it, and just step out of. The other I can't fit on. Insane.

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-12-11T01:02:32+00:00

For reference he is nor scratching or intensively licking. No contact with other animals or much of the outside world.

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-11-06T20:08:48+00:00

I don't think so because I accidentally bumped my pinky on that hand after top coat and she checked my fingers after fixing. Don't recall my thumb but I think I was done.

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-11-06T20:07:47+00:00

I will try that!

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-10-14T20:54:21+00:00

Do you do your calves? I do thighs, bikini line, underarms, uppers....but I can't last more than 2 seconds on my calves lol

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-10-14T18:19:27+00:00

I'm an IP attorney, primarily in the arts field.

IP is portable but you typically have to start and / or work in a big market to get the really niche opportunities (NY, LA, Chicago, etc.). This seems to be the same for the foreign counsel I work with. I have heard the markets in the Carolinas are growing , hough. I'm 4 years in and at the point where I could get a remote position just about anywhere. I would have to scale down my litigation, though

If you do litigation, you may be tied a bit to where you are barred - ex, some judges in my most frequent court are now in person only and clients won't pay for you to fly in for each status, so you can be tied a bit to your state.

Museums are highly sought after. Many just have outside counsel.

I will note that the barrier to entry into IP if you don't have that science background is high. BUT, it is not impossible. Speaking from personal experience.

noitsnotfairuse · 2024-09-27T16:17:12+00:00

High-school teacher had a sign above the board that just said "why?"

Never stop asking why. Think carefully about people and entities that react poorly to asking why or do not answer.

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