Changes ... some are good, some aren't...

2008 Chevy Malibu

Today I got my car back from being repaired after an accident. It has been in the body shop for 10 days. While it was in the shop I was thinking about buying a new car. My car has almost 100,000 miles on it and I thought it was a good time to buy a new car. I have been shopping for cars for 2 weeks and found out that I really like the car I have now. I have a Chevy Malibu. I drove a new Chevy Malibu, Ford Fusion, Nissan Accord, Mercedes 250, and a Cadillac SRX. Of all the cars I have driven I didn't see a reason to get a new car. My car looks good and it is comfortable. None of the cars have that much better gas mileage. I realize I am happy with the vehicle I have and I am happy to have my car back. I drove a rental Hundai Sonata while mine was being repaired and I was happy with the way it looked, but not happy with the ride.

Rabbit outside!

Bedtime!

Today I also got a new laptop. I got a 14" Acer Aspire to replace my 15.6" Toshiba. Nobody believed that I had to warm up my laptop for an hour before it would turn on. I felt embarrassed trying to turn on my computer and it not turning on. I was hoping my company would supply me with a laptop, like my old company did, but I am told that since the military gives me a laptop my company won't, even though the military computer isn't useful and it won't start when I turn it on until I put in 30 numbers. I like the smaller size of this laptop and the speed is faster. Lots of things I like about this laptop. I liked many things about my other laptop, which is only 1.5 years old. My older laptop still works very good. One of my friends that is a computer expert says my problem is systematic of a cracked motherboard. A motherboard would be as expensive as buying a new computer. I am really really happy with my new computer for many reasons. I think it will make my life easier. Now I have to spend time setting up my new computer.
All week I have been debating on how important it is to keep my promise to myself on running 2 5K races a month. I have one weekend left to run, so I will have to run on Saturday and Sunday. I have already signed up and paid for the Sunday run, the only close Saturday run is in Oakland where I will have to run the same path I ran before. I don't enjoy that run ... I guess I should go to bed to be able to run in the morning.