Renewing my passport

I don't anticipate any international travel any time soon, other than possibly nearby Vancouver, BC, in May of June, but back in November I finally got around to mailing in a renewal application for my expired passport. It should be arriving any day now. They say it takes about six weeks and I mailed it in on November 27, 2006, so tomorrow, Monday, January 8, 2007 is exactly six weeks, although that included the holiday period, so it could be another week or two. I'm in no hurry, but I want to get it out of the way. I read that they are going to get much more strict with travel even to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexico, and Canada.

-- Jack Krupansky