Throwing a pitty party!

Well crap!
I should have known something would go wrong!
Something always does when it comes to dealing with the USC!S.
Our fingerprints expire on March 30th.
Over a month ago I was told by our agency that we could not ask to be refingerprinted until 30 days before they expire. That would be Feb. 30th. We already had a referral.
I asked them (our agency) what would happen if it were cutting it that close. I was told that as long as we kept the receipt that they give us showing that we had them redone everything would be fine.
EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE!

Several weeks ago I went ahead and sent a letter asking to be reprinted, I explained to them that we would be traveling around the time that they expire, and we need to have them done asap. The earliest appt they could give us is March 9th. But they said if we went today that we could walk in anytime between 8 and 2. So we drove our happy little selves along to the office an hour and a half away, got them redone, and drove back home thinking, it was all behind us now, and we are home free.

Let me interupt this for a moment and mention that our travel advisor emailed the group this morning and told us when our travel dates are for.
We were suppose to be leaving on March 25th, Gotcha day is suppose to be the 29th. And we are SUPPOSE to come home on April 10th.

I got a call from our travel person late this afternoon (like almost 5p.m.) and was told that the Amer. Consulate's office will not give us an appointment because our fingerprints expire before the appt time of April 7th.
I asked the people that did our prints how soon they are in the system. Withing 24 hours.
But, the consulate's office still will not give us an appt. until they receive the updated file from (you guessed it!) USC!S!

I am as mad as a hornet right now. It is stupid fingerprints people. They don't change!
They are IN the system!

I asked if this would delay our travel and she said yes.

I called DH bawling on the phone, he could hardly make out what I was saying.

I will try to call the Atlanta office tomorrow morning, and plead my case, hopefully they will feel sorry for me, and hurry things along. If not, I've got the address to our State congressman's office, and I will pop in there to see if they can help me out.
The thing is, our agency was trying to get us there and back before mid April, the trade fair is for three weeks in April, and nobody travels during that time. Then right after that is Spring festival, so if we don't get to go with our group, we probably won't travel until middle of May.

Wish me luck.