Back in the saddle again...

Can you tell that I'm either a Van Halen fan or from a small town or both?

We had a great spring break vacation with our friends, but I'm back to reality again and the rigors of day-to-day work. Thankfully, my job satisfaction rating is off the charts. I love what I do and thank my lucky stars that I found a career that I enjoy doing each and every day.

I will take the credit for getting Adam started on smart phones (sorry Rachel) and like Adam I attempted to use my Treo while on vacation. Unfortunately, my carrier (Sprint) did not serve the part of the planet where we vacationed. Keeping up with email, getting directions, obtaining phone numbers for local restaurants, and using the phone were all rendered useless on my Treo without my cell signal. At first, I was very disappointed, but as the week wore on I found that being "unplugged" was a good thing. It forced me to leave the wonderful world I use so much in my Treo and turn instead to land line phones, phone books, and talking to the local citizens for suggestions, directions and ideas. Ahhh, I felt like I was in a 1950's black and white classic movie at times the nostalgia of yesteryear was so thick.

But alas, don't fret for me too much, our vacation abode had high speed wireless Internet access and when I could pry my kids away from it for a few minutes each evening, I could check the next day's weather, read my favorite comic strips, look up a few phone numbers I couldn't find in the yellow pages and peruse my favorite blogs. Wow, my laptop screen is huge compared to my Treo and the keys are a little easier to type with using all 10 fingers!

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