AUTHOR: Robert TITLE: Trippin' in Seattle DATE: 3/04/2004 08:11:00 PM ----- BODY: Hey, everyone. Just a quick update... I'm sitting in the Red Carpet Club in Seattle -- its raining outside (go figure) and I'm having a nice big glass of merlot to chase away the nervousness of flying. For someone who flies as much as I do, I certainly have a lot of fear around it. I'm working on getting a bit better, and from time to time, I have flights that are perfectly comfortable... but if its very bumpy, its just pretty much unbearable. So... I usually need a drink or two just to get on a plane, which isn't good for my waistline or for my psyche... I don't like NEEDING anything in order to get through life's little trials. I don't really NEED it, but the next two hours would just be so darn scary without the wine... I wonder why I should sit through it. Anyway, the trip to Seattle was fairly uneventful, though I didn't drink on the way up (it was a 7am flight, I have my limits) and I was nervous... the meetings went well though I was fairly tired yesterday. I went back to the hotel, begged off of my co-workers for dinner, took a nice long nap, got up, went and had dinner on my own (no room service) and did some work, then went back to bed. Oh, boy, what a wonderful day. :) I wish I got to spend more time in Seattle, I love this town... but its no fun without my darling husband here with me... that's really the only reason to stay late anywhere if he's along. Hopefully we'll get to "do" The Netherlands together in the next few weeks. Well, that's about it really... I just wanted to say hey to those of you who are listening. Oh, by the way, I guess we've kinda slacked off on reporting on the Treo 600's... In general, these are GREAT phones... If we end up trading them in for something else, I'll REALLY miss a lot of the features. I've really gotten used to having it around. I certainly wish AT&T had better coverage, though. At least with standard Digital phones you can get signal inside of buildings (most of the time) and underground, etc. I wonder if GSM phones will get better signal strength once there are more towers and all... curious. If I go deep inside any building, I get little or no signal on the phone... outside its great, very very clear sound and great features, but its hard to have calls inside anywhere. Oh, well... once again, Technology needs to catch up with me. Hope you're all having a great day. Love, Rob ----- --------