NEW POST: All Grown Up.

I think I'm officially getting old.

I was at the city offices this morning to pay my real estate taxes and noticed that the license bureau is in the same building. Since my birthday's in ten days, and my driver's license will expire then, I figured I'd save myself the hassle and just get it renewed while I was there.

Even though I hadn't showered.

Or done my hair.

Or in any way prepared to have my photo taken.

A photo that will stay with me for the next four years, that I will keep for identification purposes, that I will show to complete strangers in the checkout line of the local grocer's or The Gap.

But I knew that if I didn't get it done while I was there, my whole procrastination thing will kick in the minute I leave the parking lot and I won't renew my license until August, and all of the cashiers will say, "Do you know your license is expired?" And I'll say, innocently, "Oh, is it?"

So I did it. I renewed my driver's license even though I wasn't even remotely ready. I didn't even look in a mirror before I had my photo taken! There was a time when I wouldn't have even left the HOUSE looking like I did! But I was there, I seized the moment, and I did it. I chose maturity and responsibility over vanity.

And, boy, am I ever sorry I did.