MISSING PIECE

Okay so my new life adventure has been put on hold by my own silly irresponsible mistake. I was supposed to fly out this morning at 6:30am however last night as I was reorganizing my suitcase and other bags, I realized a very important piece of identification was missing - my passport! Yup, after weeks of planning and organizing all the important documents I would need, I left the the most important document I need to travel with at home in Ottawa where I was last using it to make photocopies of it (you know, to be on the safe side). In a mode of panic, I called my father and rest assured he confirmed that my passport was safely tucked away in the photocopy machine at home. Wonderful. The first hour was spent in complete panic trying desperately to find an airline or courier service that could get my passport to Toronto in a few hours. Hour two was spent Skyping with my sister and brother-in-law in Ottawa who believed Greyhound would be able to transport my passport on their 1am departure. So my poor sister, who has one and half year old triplets, spent her Saturday evening driving all over Ottawa trying to get my passport on that 1am bus. However after much time and energy wasted Greyhound told her they would not be able to guarantee it would get to Toronto before 6am and that it would be completely safe. She made the smart decision and passed. So there I was at hour 3 and having exhausted all efforts. I had no hope left. The only option left was to change my flight to a few days later. So I made the call and 331 dollars later I changed my flight to Wednesday (3 days later). My passport is now on its way to Toronto via Greyhound courier and I will be picking it up tomorrow. I'm still recovering from the turnout of events and I have now gotten over kicking myself for making such an irresponsible mistake. But I am walking away from this situation with an important lesson learned; Always double check important travelling documents even when you are 99% sure - that 1% can really screw you over.