One day closer...

Today I dropped my passport application, two ugly pictures, and my birth certificate into a fed-ex envelope and sent them away to the expediter. I learned a couple of things...
1). Don't have your passport pics done at Walgreen's. The background is supposed to be white...painfully stark, plain, white. Walgreen's digital crew "warmed" up the photo and as a result, the background was beige. So I had to have them done again...at the post office...by a non-photographer...after a very long day...with faded make-up...and pens sticking out of my frazzled hair. Not pretty. "Does this look like you?" asked the chipper little postal clerk. "Unfortunately..." I sighed.
2). Carry a comb, brush, or other hair taming device if there is even the tiniest chance of having your picture made for posterity.
3). The folks at the Post Office really know their stuff...when it comes to passports. Photography? Not so much....

So now I get to wait. It should be here Thursday or Friday...but I paid for Saturday delivery just in case. Now I just need to start checking things off of the shopping list...

...and did I mention...I'm going to ICELAND!

I am so ridiculously excited! I have spent most of my life in the desert southwest. I took day trips to Mexico as a child, and a family trip into Canada as an adult, but I have never been outside of North America. So Spring Break 2009 is the first big trip!
Yesterday I acquired new hiking boots...which I will wear all week to school to break them in a bit. Today I am on a mission to find a new pair of Levis, boot socks, and silk long underwear. I hate shopping in general, but for this...I'll deal with it!