In preparation for the Ireland trip, I had to get my passport renewed. It wasn't due for a few more months, but I figured I should get it taken care of. lolcatz (who is my boyfriend, for those who have been asking recently) needed his renewed as well, so we went and got pictures taken and sent off all our paperwork at the same time.

For whatever reason, mine appears to be ahead of his in processing by a week, at least according to when our checks cleared. Mine showed up recently, and holy crap,