Day One Complete

December 19, 2003

I am officially on vacation. Yesterday I took an 8pm flight from Laguardia to O'Hare and arrived safely in Chicago. My ride to the airport was probably the most interesting portion of the trip. My driver was really, truly Palestinian as he was born in Palestine before it became Israel in 1948. We talked a bit about how Israelis and Palestinians really have no problem with each other and it's the government who has caused most of the problems. I didn't learn much I didn't know, but it was interesting to hear from someone who was there for the formation of Israel. Before I even knew who he was, my driver was nice enough to turn around after four blocks since I left my laptop at home. Whoops.

Last night I had to experience the empty space that used to be my room. My parents cleared out all my furniture and wallpaper in preparation for redecoration. It was depressing to have to sleep in my sister's bed.

Now, I am killing time in the airport as our flight is an hour late. I'm writing this from a Sony VAIO TR2A Notebook. It's a teeny-weeny thing at 10" and would be great for travel-only purposes. If Mac makes something this small, I would buy it in the next couple years.

Enough rambling. Next time I hope to have a more purposeful post. At least this kept me busy for ten minutes.

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