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Another day, another ride.

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What, me, a hoarder?

I am a hoarder.

When I announced this to my husband one night, his eyebrows immediately shot up, followed by a quick denial. After all, I am the one with this sign hanging in my kitchen:

It is true that I tend to drive him crazy by getting rid of things... but I'm not a hoarder of things, exactly... I'm a hoarder of information. I hate to have to say "I don't know." I simply can't get rid of data. 

Do you know how many piles of paper that I have, saying that I need to "someday" digitize the information? I haven't needed any of the info in those piles in years, but I hold some great desire to somehow hold on to every piece of data regarding our family. Someone might need to know how many times Sarah went to speech therapy in 1999, right? Sigh.

My therapist is helping me get some perspective on all of this, and see how much of a burden I'm putting on myself by trying to keep track of everything. This is not an easy battle, but hopefully, one I can win.

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Longest ride this year... feeling pretty confident about the St. Paul Classic in September, especially if I could ride my road bike. I will, however, ride my mountain bike. It's appropriate handicapping for riding with my husband, who doesn't own a road bike.

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Next time I want to go farther, so I can say that I rode to Wisconsin. Wouldn't that sound cool??

Great essay on "stuff"

Read a great essay on "stuff" today, and wanted to share the link: Here's just a little snippet.

A historical change has taken place, and I've now realized it. Stuff used to be valuable, and now it's not.

In industrialized countries the same thing happened with food in the middle of the twentieth century. As food got cheaper (or we got richer; they're indistinguishable), eating too much started to be a bigger danger than eating too little. We've now reached that point with stuff. For most people, rich or poor, stuff has become a burden.

Amen!! Of course, when it comes to talking about "stuff", the classic George Carlin sketch is still my favorite.

I can't believe it finally happened...

I got my macbook!!

I am in shock. It feels good to be back in the mac world, after almost 20 years away. (OK, I can't believe that I'm old enough to have something in my life gone for 20 years...) Anyway, after being one of the first owners of the Apple IIe, using my Macintosh Plus in college, and starting my career at 3M lugging my "portable" MacPlus... I'm finally back with a sleek new 13" macbook. I chose the smaller version for weight and portability options - the 15" would have been nice, but I never would have taken it as many places.

Adding to the general computer euphoria around here - We purchased a new cable modem and router. Went for the big guns - Docsis 3 modem... on initial setup the Comcast speed test clocked it at 60 Mbps on a wired connection pinging a server here in the twin cities. Actual use on wireless connection is more like 20 Mbps, not bad considering we pay for the 16 Mbps service! The Comcast rep promised me that they wouldn't throttle me down, but that I might not always get that level of performance. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Went for the N gigabit router with usb port, so we're good to go. I plan on connecting either an external HD or a printer, but that's a project for AFTER I get all my stuff transferred to my mac.

Oh, and that crushing depression that I mentioned in an earlier post? Gone. :)

July

It's July, and I am suffering from crushing depression. It happens
every year, and I am at a loss to explain it. Most people get January
or February blues, a post holiday letdown or fatigue from winter, but
not me. There must have been some dramatic event that occurred in
July that I'm repressing... why else would my world seem darkest in
the middle of the sunny summer when everyone else is busy living life?
Just one more thing that makes me a few bubbles off center. :)

Summer!

I am still alive.

Really.

I have just sworn off the computer for all but essential stuff, and have actually been *gasp* outside.

Can't wait to leave for Utah, where I'll still have just as much stuff to manage, but more people to help. ;-)