My new Passport arrived today. Not terribly exciting news, I know, but what is surprising was that I just mailed my application on the 17th. That's right, the federal government processed my application for a passport renewal in less than two weeks. Amazing. I'm sure it helped that it was a simply renewal, and that I missed the pre-holiday rush, but still, I'm both surprised and impressed. The passports sure have changed a lot in the last 10 years.

Elizabeth just submitted her passport application last week, so hopefully she'll have hers soon, too, and then we can go someplace interesting this summer. We have our fingers crossed that an opportunity in Ireland might manifest itself. I'm also applying for an exchange program in Europe for the Spring of 2009, too. We'll see what happens.

Happy New Year!

--Chris