PASSPORT? CHECK!

Since I am traveling to Mexico for my weight loss surgery, I had to get a passport.  Gone are the days of my San Diego State youth when we took trips across the border to see the Jai Alai games or to buy cheap jewelry (I was not one to go down there to party - really, I wasn't) and then sit in line to get back across the border by showing our driver's license.

My first attempt to get the passport was denied because they didn't accept my birth certificate copy.  Back when I got a passport in the late 80's it was fine, but not anymore. So I had to get a new copy from Moscow Idaho were I was born, and start the process all over.  By then I was worried about the timing so I ended up spending even more money to expedite the order. 

It arrived yesterday.  Like everyone else, I hate my photo on it.  It is most unflattering. Even at my current weight I can take a better photo.  Oh, well.  Soon enough I won't look like the picture any more!