Today I decided it is time to renew my passport. 10 years ago I went to Rome with my good friend and I still remember how exciting it was to fill out the grueling long questionnaire, gather up the info that proved I was who I said I was, pray for the passport picture to look fabulously flattering (it did not), and run to the mail box every day to see if my passport had arrived. I find it interesting that the dream of travelling abroad seems to begin with my homeland. My hope is that someone in a small government cubicle whom I have never met, will agree that I was destined to travel and will therefore grant me the access to the adventurous unknown in the form of a small, thin blue book. The first stamp in the passport was such a sweet victory. And there have been far too few since that day in Rome. And so today I will relive the excitement. This actually inspires me to go change out of my pjs and do my hair and dream that maybe the walmart photo studio will somehow be able to take a fabulously flattering passport picture of me even though I am now 10 years older! Where am I going you ask? Who knows - I don't have immediate plans to travel abroad - but who cares - if the chance arises I will be ready! Want to update your passport or apply for a new one? Here's the site with all the info!