You ever been frantically leaving messages and calling a dozen cousins to see if they had time to see you over the weekend?
Just me?
Category: Diary
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Travel diaries, January 23, 2025
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Diary Update, January 19, 2025
My brother and I actually had a good conversation.
The consulate situation started off easily enough, because they granted me an appointment as soon as I walked in. But, somewhat predictably, my lack of readily accessible documentation made any process of obtaining an ID card come to an impasse.
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Diary, January 17, 2025
I’m in Fairfax ostensibly to see my brother because we didn’t see each other over the holidays. He’s not thrilled about it. I try not to take it personally. It’s the autism, I say.
But also today I’m going to try to address a curiosity about my Colombian citizenship. World events being what they are, it seems like a good time to have a backup country. I have a memory – very fuzzy – of going to the Colombian consulate in the D.C. and getting registered as a Colombian citizen on account of both my parents being citizens. However, I’ve never received the card nor do I know my ID number.
The Colombian consulate’s website is like a dark pattern nightmare with no evidence on how to actually set up an appointment. So I’m just going to try to show up and see how far I get. Maybe I won’t get very far at all, but possibly I can meet someone in D.C. before I come back and try to actually connect with my brother.