Bellow is a edited version of a memo I sent out to my company:

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On Monday February 5, 2007, the Albuquerque City Council passed a ban on talking and/or texting using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle when in the city limits. On Wednesday night, February 7, 2007 City of Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez signed the ban into law. This ban takes effect immediately. One provision of the law is that cell phones can be used so long as they are used with a hands free device.

This will be a huge change from what we are used to, one that I am sure will take time to get used to. For the first 30 days, if you are caught using a cell phone with out a hands free device, officers will be giving verbal warnings. For 30 days after that, officers will be giving out written warnings. After the 60 days is over, if you are caught using a cell phone with out a hands free device the first ticket is 100 dollars, and each ticket after that is 200 dollars per ticket.

It is still legal to use your cell phone with or with out a hands free device while operating a motor vehicle to call emergency services like 911.

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So its been done. I think we are one of only a few large cities that have a cell phone ban.

My only problem is that it takes effect immediately. As soon as they can get it posted on the city website (I am gussing 8am Thrusday, lol) it is in effect. Um, this is not some small thing that can be put into action right away. The city needs to be educated, and I mean more then the news. I would say 75% of my company does not read or watch the news. Also, teenages, who this law will really effect do not really watch / read the news all that offen. I think this is something that needs PSA. Hey, maybe this is what we can spend that 5.1 million we have made from the red light cameras for. LOL

So, this weekend was a lost cause. LOL. So much for getting my sleep schedule back on track or getting anything done around the house. LOL. But anyway, right now I am going to back up to Thursday.

Thursday :
I had dinner with my parents up in the Heights, and after I went over to Barnes & Noble. So, I know I am a cheap person, but this is really funny. I bought 4 books for a grand total of 17.94. Now I say this is funny, cus I got them all off the barging section, and boy did I save. I would have paid 94.80 for all 4 books if I was paying the original pricing. So, here are the books that I got:

Martha INC.
dot.bomb - My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath
Tom Brokaw - A Long Way from Home (Growing up in the American Heartland)
Bad Boy Ballmer - The Man Who Rules Microsoft


Friday :
I had dinner with some friends that I had not seen in ages, which was great. I need to do that more often. We must have talked for about 3 or 4 hours. I then got a call from Kelly, and she wanted to see if I could help her fix her stereo as it was messed up, and she and Erik both thought that it need new speaker wire. So, I ran up there, and ended up rewiring the system, and having to push some buttons, but Simi got it to work. It just had to last until Erik & the girls got home, and he has time to look at it. So, then we watched a bunch of stuff that she TiVO'ed until about 1am. So, around 1:30am I returned home, and finally hit the sack at 2am. I also broke my holster for my cell phone Friday night. That pissed me off, as I have only had it for 5 months.

Saturday :
As much as I try to sleep in, thing happen. This time my mom called around 9am. Now, normally that would be fine, but I did not get to bed until 2am, and was dead tired last week. But its all good, cus she did not know that I had gotten back in really late, and I was able to go back to sleep right after she called. I finally got out of bed around 1pm ish, and just moped around the apartment until 4:30ish, when I finally showered and headed out to the office to run the weekend backups and all that jazz. Then I took off for the Westside, to hit up a Sprint Store to try and find a replacement for my holster for my cell phone. Well, by the time I got to the west side, they had closed as it was now past 6pm. So, I ran over to Best Buy to see if they had anything and nope nothing. So, then I decided since I was in the area, I would drop by my parents house. I ended up having dinner with them, and thanked them for my birthday gift (a month early). So, a bit after 10pm, I headed back for home. I watched one of my NetFlix DVD's and crashed around 2am again.

Sunday :
Got up for, and made it to late church. This is like the first time in 2 weeks that I have been in town for church, and plus Erik was back so that made it all good. Then after late service we had a going away potluck for Kris and Ray as they are moving up to PA. I am sad to see them go, but I know this move will be good for them. Anyway, after the potluck, I went on a trek to find a holster for my cell phone that took me to 3 different Sprint PCS stores and like 20 miles of driving. But now, that is all fixed back up, only 20 dollars later. Then I came home around 3:30ish, and started watching CRAP SUNDAY TV. I do not remember what I watched; all I know is that I passed out on my couch. Got up sometime close to 6:30, and started to watch something else. Then around 7:30 I fixed dinner and watched more TV. I also watched Garden State tonight, and that was ok, but nothing to write home about. So, now here I am, it's getting close to 1am on Monday morning and I am just now getting sleepy, cus I messed my sleep schedule up even more then it was before I started this weekend.

So, ya, did not get anything done around the apartment. Did nothing to help my sleep schedule. Ya, can I redo the weekend? LOL. Maybe I will find time to get some crap done this week. Well anyway it's late. I should get some sleep.