There are times that I sit back and just like to consider how life works.

Last weekend, I took a late night drive and just wandered around Los Angeles and north Orange County, looking at the sleeping world and knowing that while I'm awake and doing my thing, most of these people will never see the things I saw on my drive.

Many have no clue about what goes on after they turn in, and in watching a USPS postal facliity going at full speed as I drove by made me think a little bit about how the mail gets from place to place. As I drove by, I saw people going to and fro about their business and it was a heartening feeling knowing they were doing so.

I've done the graveyard shift for 8 years and don't mind it one bit. It may cut into my social life and activities, but working nights gives me a different view of things and I like that.

So I'm back, this time for good. I had my PowerBook fixed and a new 80 GB hard drive installed and I'm all set to pick this thing up once again.

It was a strange coincidence that I had enough money to pay for this drive because I didn't have anything else to cover until later in the month. I'm just glad it didn't take very long to fix and I was happily restoring things this past weekend.

I have an enormous interest in putting my computers together and hopefully, with the right kind of break, I can purchase a new Mac later this year. All I can do is hope.