Oh Shivers!

Major big pile of twenty million elephants dung!
Got everything crossed here that I'll still be able to go to South Africa on the 24th.
Sent off my New Zealand passport renewal two weeks ago and guess what... on Monday I received a letter back saying that the photo that I sent in was inadequate! Quote "my hair was obscuring the sides of my face and eyes" (though since you could see my eyebrows I'd have to disagree) and that the "quality was not clear" (it was from one of those passport machines so it was passport standard quality!) and I had to supply a new one!!
So took the afternoon off, thank you Mr Boss Man, to take in a photo personally to NZ Internal Affairs. The lady there said the picture was fine and I will be able to pick up my renewed passport on the 23rd! So I called today to double check that they are NOT posting it out to me, that it WILL be at NZ house on the 23rd and they said, "yes, it will be".
Well all I can say is that it had better blimmin well be as I was prepared to pay an exorbitant sum to have it rushed in four days - while the lady said "no, you'll be fine"... I better be!