Little Something, Anyway

I got my passport picture taken today...finally. Aunty Joan gave me $50 for my birthday, and so far, that's what I've gotten with it.

It's not the best picture, and it won't actually get my any closer to getting my passport renewed without the money to pay for that, but it's a step that makes me feel at least somewhat accomplished.

Not the best picture, though I've seen worse:




The reason the quality sucks is two fold: it's a picture of a picture, and I took it on a shutter speed of 1 1/3 of a second with no flash and no tripod. Not too worried about it, though, because that just means it'll be harder for anyone else to tinker with.

With the rest of my birthday money, I hope to acquire some little things. I'm thinking a giant bag of socks, or a groundsheet-tarpaulin-backpack cover, or maybe a jumbo pack of disposible razors. Very glamarous birthday presents, that...I'm betting it's not what Aunty Joan had in mind.

Speaking of Aunty Joan, she was saying that she and Nan are probably moving back soon - to England, I mean, and once they have a place I can stay for as long as I want. I'm liking the sounds of this, because it means that when I decide to go for my citizenship, I will have a place to stay. I suspect that I'd have to pay room and board if that were the case, provided I got a job with the Ancestry Visa and all that, but...definitely a plus.

Things I Still Need To Do:

• win the lottery
• stop panicking
• start figuring out what will fit in my backpack and what won't
• start printing off those maps and directions, and figure out wtf I'm going to be storing them in when I do
• figure out wtf I'm going to do about Darwin
• breathe