Passport Lady Round 2

I am proud to say that I FINALLY returned to the Court House to apply for my passport. After a month and a half of postponing a picture redo, I got off my butt Wednesday and went back to Walgreen's to have them try again. For those of you who don't remember, the last time I went to turn my pictures in to the passport applying office, they got rejected due to the darkness and the fact that I was wearing white in them. Needless to say, the Passport Lady demanded I have them redone. That was back in February and here it is, mid April and I decided to get this off my to-do list.
First of all, when I went back to Walgreen's, I wasn't sure if I needed to smile or not. So, as I am getting in place to have my picture taken, I asked the girl if I needed to smile. But as soon as I got my question out, she clicked and produced a semi-prison looking photo. I am not smiling and my nostrils are a little flared. Not my kind of picture... especially since I do the whole tilt-and-smile thing.
After I SETTLED for my new pictures, I drove on over to the Tuscaloosa Court House to come face to face with my former worst enemy. As I got off the elevator, I could see that my former Passport Lady was already helping another woman so I went to next available helper. This lady was really quiet and got to the point. After she scrounged through the applications that were not completed (mine being at the bottom because it was over a month ago), she took my pictures and I signed my checks. This time I was more than prepared. I had plenty of proof of identity, money in the bank so I could write checks, and pictures that were "do-able" for my passport. We finished up with almost everything until I hear the Passport Lady ask her, "Has she done the oath yet?" I am standing there thinking... OATH?? Am I in a Court House?... yes... but am I being prosecuted or asked questions because I was a witness to something terrible?... No! Then, the Passport Lady tells me to raise my right hand. So I raised my hand and was thinking to myself, what am I about to swear to? The PL didn't even have a Bible. Was this legit? All I kept thinking was I just want my freaking passport so I can go to Australia!! The PL said, "Do you hereby swear that the information you have provided is true and blah blah blah?" I answered, "well yeah" and the lady standing next to me answered, "I do". If I had known I was supposed to answer with the wedding words, I would have answered better. That woman showed me out. I honestly just said what came to mind. Oh well!
Anyway, I am officially done with the passport process. They said it should be in within 2 weeks. Then it's the Visa process.... oh me!