Cormorant

4th of July weekend felt a lot longer and a lot more epic than it seemed 2 days could hold. I am still recovering from the epicness, just barely touched my to-do list for the first time in 4 days. I didn't even watch any fireworks, except for the one that someone lit off behind our house which fizzled out as soon as it reached its height. I have really nice in-laws. The house is always so quiet after they leave.
I took my passport photos yesterday, and they are quite bomb, if I do say so myself. I was comparing my old passport photo to my new one. My old one was from 2002, so I would have been 12 or 13. I remember it was a hot day, we had driven to San Francisco for some reason and I was super sweaty and not excited to find out that I was having my picture taken. And of all colors, I was wearing powder blue. Powder blue! The bane of my existence, for some reason I always seem to have important articles of clothing in powder blue, one of the top 10 colors to un-flatter my skin tone. I looked terribly disgruntled, as evidenced by my half-smile in the picture.
Yesterday, instead of driving to a ritzy office in a big city, I took my picture at a Walgreens, in front of a pull-down screen in the chip aisle. But I was confident, prepared-grown up. And the picture turned-out great. Putting the pictures side by side, I couldn't help but wonder if my 12 year-old self saw me turning into the person I am today, and if she would be happy.
I think yes.
Anyways, I'm really happy with the picture that is going to represent me to all the customs offices I come into contact with for the next 10 years. Now, let's see if I can get my Driver's License picture better the second time around...