They tricked me!

It's a gorgous day...I walk to the mailbox and am so excited to see something from The Untited States Department of State.......voila....MY PASSPORT! In anticipation, I rip open the envelope to find my old passport and a letter with a new form to fill out, saying my passport was too old, they could not renew it the form I filled out. THEY DID CASH THE CHECK THOUGH!!!!! So now it is 3 weeks later...will I get it...it does not look good. I really hate this kind of drama. Now if I am reading this correctly I can take it to the post office 2 minutes from my house. Why did I drive 45 min. through ugly beach traffic in the first place....cause I was told I had to by someone on the phone in their office, that's why! Merde!