Goblins, Pumpkins, and Plenty of Treats

Another Halloween has come and gone. The last of the Trick or Treaters have made their way home to take stock of all the candy they have collected. I celebrated the holiday with 2 glasses of Zinfandel at happy hour. There are only 2 things I don't like about Halloween. The first is trying to estimate exactly how much candy I need, so that I have no overages. The second is trying to resist eating said overages.

At least I will be in the gym in the morning.

It is done...

in 5:05. That is what it said when I came across the finish line at The Marine Corps Marathon. Now according to the Marine at the finish line when my official time is posted (in 72 hours), my time will be less than that because the clock at the finish is the race clock. Since we all didn't start at the same time (I came across the start line 5-6 minutes after the Marathon actually began), my time has to be adjusted accordingly.

Miles 1-9 were grueling! The hills were unlike anything I have ever seen. Miles 10-23 were alright. I cried from mile 24 to the finish. I am not sure where the emotions came from. They just rushed me and I sobbed the entire way to the finish. One the very last hill (about .2 miles), my charity sponsor's trainer Kathy literally ran with me. I was grateful as I didn't think I'd have been able to do it without her.

I am sore and tired. But I feel good. I even got a cool medal for all my trouble.

E-Mail Stress Disorder

I think I have it.

No I am serious. At 7 this morning I turned on my computer and logged into my email and noticed that I had 47 emails. OK, so 47 emails isn't really a large number...that is if 47 is the number you have gathered over the course of a few days. Of course, that wasn't the case with me. I checked my email just 6 hours previously and I had 0 emails in my inbox. Then I got sick to my stomach because I realized that I was checking my email at 1 o'clock in the morning.

Email is supposed to make life easier. It is supposed to make life more convenient. It is supposed to keep you in touch. How come I don't feel like that is the case?

So what is a person to do when you are feeling like you are overloaded with emails? I went to "the experts" (to be read the Internet). Here is what I found:
1. Filter for important email
2. Chunk email checking and responding times
3. Stop checking every minute

I surmise that the "experts" forgot #4, so I've added it to the list:

4. Don't be afraid to use the Delete button.

I Love...

Tina Fey. She is hysterical! More than that she is reallly smart. Hysterical and smart. You cant beat that. She left Saturday Night Live to do 30 Rock and most of us (including me) held our collective breaths. But she has joined the ranks of Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroid, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Chris Rock. They have been able to go on to do big things outside of SNL. You can see that I could go on.

She is damned funny. Thank you Tina Fey for making the last days of this election cycle bearable.

Here's What I Think....

This is the conclusion I have drawn in the last few days about the campaign. November 5, 2008 can't get here soon enough.