Anxious day.

My ex wife needed some stuff taken care of here for getting her US diploma recognized in her home country. This meant a trip to the Clerk of Courts to get a notarization "certified". I live in a large city, where the Clerk of Courts is in a giant building with no nearby parking. That wasn't going to happen with my anxiety triggers.

I discovered I could get the same things done in another county. So I drove out there and got things certified, only to find out that notary wasn't certified for that county, despite the notary working in a bank across the street from the Clerk of Courts. For the entire process I was struggling with anxiety, as the process involved several of my anxiety triggers. The place I had to go was about 30 minutes of driving somewhere I'd never been, so I had anticipatory anxiety before getting past where I'd been before, anxiety of new places driving there and dealing with the bank and the Clerk offices, and the anxiety of waiting for things to get taken care of.

When I reached the bank parking lot for the notary, I was ready to turn around and drive home. I forced myself through after sitting in the car for 5-10 minutes until I felt a bit calmer. I still had problems in the bank and had to walk around while the notary was writing his stuff down.

The Clerk of Courts office was better, but not by much. This is in a much less populated county, so it was a small building and I could park right there. Mentally it was a bit easier because I'd already managed to get the notarization, and so I was halfway done. Also I really didn't want to leave, and then have to drive out again!

After all that, the notary from the bank wasn't registered in that county, so they couldn't give me the "certification". I have to find a notary that is certified in that county, and repeat the whole process.