Congratulations to President Bush. May his second term reverse many of the negatives and build on the positives of his first.

I had a pretty crummy travel day on Sunday (and Monday)... my flight leaving Chicago was three hours late (!) due to a mechanical problem on an earlier leg of the plane's journey that day. When we arrived in Albany at 3am, all the car rental counters were closed, so I had to take a cab to the hotel. The next day I took the hotel's courtesy shuttle back to the airport to pick up a car. On top of all this, I came down with a cold that I am still trying to get over. Blehhh.

On the bright side, I have a new Smartphone. :) I got a gently-used Samsung i600 off of eBay. It arrived yesterday and it's all activated, and I've been playing with the settings and features and such. It will be nice to have my contacts and calendar stuff all in one place instead of being split between my Palm Pilot and cell phone. Incidentally, I am considering this new "toy" to be my self-reward for getting promoted at work. Hehe.