1989

Things that are ubiqitous today that either didn't exist or were VERY sparse in 1989, when I was a freshman in high school:

iPods (and their non-Apple counterparts)
iPhones (and their non-Apple counterparts)
iPads (you get the point)
cell phones
laptops
the internet
Google
Facebook
Twitter
hybrid cars
blue ray
blogs
texting
digital music and video
online shopping
online securities trading
video chat
INSTANT access to information

My schedule on the first day of school in 1989:
Freshman English
Geometry
Geography/Health
P.E.
Spanish 1
Woodshop

The schedule of a typical freshman who started high school this year, 2011:
Freshman English
Algebra or Geometry
Geography/Health
P.E.
A foreign language
An elective

I'm not the only one who sees something wrong here, am I?

8 Weeks Later

This post talked about how difficult it was for me to find time to write; it was written three days before Lucy Belle was born.  Here we are eight weeks later and life is busier than I could have ever imagined.  This isn't a sob story, I'm happy to be busy with an amazing wife and two wonderful, healthy daughters.  I just wish I could write more.  I need the reflection.  I need the outlet.  And I have SO MUCH to write.  It seems like each week I have a great idea for a post and a few days later I find myself wondering, "What was that great idea I had planned on writing about???"

For those of you who are as busy as me and still find time to regularly post, how do you do it?