Love to all. Even you.

So I’m taking the family to Disney World tomorrow. I’m really excited… not as much about the trip, but about PROVIDING the trip. I’m trying to be a Conduit of Pleasant Transportation… instead of irritable and nervous, which I can sometimes be during travel.

I’ve prayed a lot on this.

I hate to fly. It scares the crap out of me. The last time we flew, we hit some big-ass turbulence. My oldest boy got scared, and I remember just PRETENDING. I acted all calm and reassuring, while inside I was like: “HOLY SHIT!”

Maggie and I went out for dinner tonight to do some last minute itinerary planning. It’s a big World, after all.

It sounds good: Athlon 3000+ XP-M, 512MBs of RAM, 15.4″ widescreen monitor.

Just one problem: it runs Windows.

I ebayed my PowerBook, thinking I would switch to Windows to gain access to better CRM software. So I got a decent price for it, certainly more than this notebook cost. And I figured I’d learn to like Windows.

The problem is: Windows SUCKS. Forgetting that I’ve had two bluescreens (I thought those were gone in XP?) that restarted my computer spontaneously…. it’s SLOW, it’s CLUNKY, it interrupts me all the time, and AAAAAH!

So I’m ebaying the notebook, and buying an iBook until the Freescale/G5 powerbooks come out.

I can’t BELIEVE that 95% of the country uses this crappy operating system!

I finished my first marathon! 4 hours, 20 minutes. Crazily, I did miles 13-26 faster than miles 1-13.

Huh?

Off to the bath. Then ice. Then, another bath. Then, more ice. Then sleep. Then more sleep.

Love ya!

I am runner number 3231.

No matter what happens today in the race, I am incredibly fortunate.

I’m leaving in an hour for Philadelphia, where I’m running in tomorrow’s marathon. After missing my first attempt at a marathon (Chicago in October) due to bronchitis… I’m nervous and excited about tomorrow. The scary thing is… I was really trained for Chicago. Less so for Philly. But I’m a-goin’.