Today was mothers day, and it was a good day... but it was also along day. It started with an early morning trip with Jacob to pick up my Mother, followed by a sharing of Mother's day cards and gifts with Melissa Jacob and I, and then it was breakfast at the dice and all that was before 10:30 am. The rest of the day didn't feel like it slowed down at all. We did shopping for groceries, and Melissa cooked a great lasagna, and we sent time with Melissa's mom. To cap the day off I dropped my mom off at work at 10:30 PM. So though it was a great day it was a long and tiring one, so I think I will cheat tonight and have just this short entry.

I'll end my post tonight with the a picture of the 2 most important people in my life

Today was Melissa's first Saturday at work since she went on Maternity leave 2 years ago. So Jacob and I thought it would be a nice to pick her up at work, but instead of just picking her up, I drove down to near her work and then took Jacob for a ride on the subway. It wasn't a long ride, just from Dupont Station to Downsview and back down to Museum. Jacob Loved it. Between looking out the window and enjoying a sandwich he couldn't get enough of riding the subway.

To day was a day filled with adventures for Jacob and I.

I'll write all about when I get home.

Tonight I went to a friends place to help them get some data of an old computer. A simple process or so I thought. I started by putting there drive into my external drive bay and plugging into their shiny new vista computer. Every thing seemed great the disk was recognized but when we started to browse it looking for files we hit a snag. Vista said we didn't have permission to access to specific user folders and we required Administrator privileges, a quick verification and I thought we were good, but the My Documents folder wouldn't open. No matter what I did I couldn't get access, I went as far as trying to take ownership of the folder. The only problem was that there were so many files it took forever. Well I'm not sure how long it would have taken, I didn't wait for it. Instead, I downloaded PuppyLinux and used it to access the old drive and copy the files over. It worked but took a long time.

The one thing I was surprised by was how well the new PuppyLinux worked. It had full access to the NTFS drives, and even recognized the on board Wireless Card so I could surf while copying. All in all it was quite impressive. It still seems wrong that a simple 80 meg linux that runs from ram worked better then the behemoth that is vista.

For the last 3 years I've been thinking of doing the Becel Heart & Stroke Ride. Two years ago I come close to registering but then life and laziness got in the way and I didn't do it. Last year was even worse, I never even got on my bike. So the ride wasn't in the cards. So this year I'm thinking, it might be the year to do it.

In the few weeks that I've had my bike out I've managed to go for rides a couple of days a week. Not as much as I wanted to, but It's felt good the few times I've been out. The one thing I'm looking forward to is more rides with the family, Jacob really likes riding in his trailer. Perhaps he can do the ride in his trailer, though It might be a little long for him.

After reviewing the website, I'm not sure if I should do it or not. So far I've got more questions then answers. Can I do a 25km, 50km or 75km ride? Is Melissa working? The way I figure it I have till the 15th to decided. If I'm not committed by then I'm not going to do it.