Maddie's Pet Passport

In between playing the role of cruise director for our friends' 40th birthday celebrations in 2009, and working overtime for McDonald's UK, I found the time to take Maddie to the vet for the first time since we left Chicago. She was up-to-date on her vaccinations until this year, but because she's been limping around like an old lady (which she is at 11), we wanted to make sure that was it and only it. So we jumped in the car and headed for the burbs to a vet we heard speaks English.

Four hours later, Maddie now is current with shots, her limp is under investigation and better yet, she has her pet passport. She can now travel between countries without getting harassed. Luckily for us, we didn't get stopped on our drive from Paris to Germany. I can only imagine what would have happened. If we were fined $300 for bringing too many cigarettes into Germany for our friend in Paris, our punishment most likely would have put us in the poor house.