· Well it’s hard to believe how fast time is passing. I have been told that as one grows older time passes faster. I have asked my sons about this. My youngest son just says “go to school every day, time will slow down” my oldest says “get a Monday to Friday job, the week will take forever and the weekend will fly by”. Most kids I talk to that are dependant on others to get where they want to go say some times time is so slow that an hour can seem like a day. When I talk to older folks I have found that for them it really depends on how mobile they are. Those that are dependent on others say the day goes by very slowly. They look forward to meals on wheels and the occasional visit from any one, the Avon lady, the home health nurse a family member even a visit to the doctor becomes something to look forward to. Older folks who are blessed with good health a close family and/or wheels will say that time seems to fly. So it seems that if a person is able to come and go as they please, has relatively good health and some type of activity they like time should seem to pass quickly.

· I have had my jeep since Wednesday afternoon and I will say I like it. There was no doubt that I would. The jeep is one of those things that will be fun and useful especially when I get to the mountains. I had a tow hitch put on so it will be able to work and it’s a Wrangler so it will be fun. Riding on the beach or the back woods and fields in the mountains will be fun. Of course I was raised Catholic so there is a big cloud of guilt over my Jeep (I love the sound of that “my Jeep”) it only gets 15 to 20 miles to the gallon and I have not had a vehicle that was not fuel efficient since I had the Delta 88 in 1978. I’ll have to come up with some way to “make up for it”. Switch to energy efficient light bulbs, recycle, and use less non-recycled products. Just be more conservative in other ways. Yea that’s it I’ll do penitence.

I have also learned a few things that should have been obvious: when riding in a Jeep with the windows down and if you have long hair don’t forget your hair tie or your comb. The wind blown look is not pretty. There is no trunk so you can’t put as much stuff in the back. That’s it I can live with those disadvantages.

I have not been able to get out on the beach yet. I had hoped to go out today but the weather may not cooperate. I would like my oldest to go with me. I have not driven on the beach in awhile and I think it would be wise to go with an “expert” the first time.

· I was skimming through the news on Yahoo, it’s the same-ol same-ol but I did find this one interesting article: Droid R2-D2 to collect mail - Yahoo! News