Lisa and I finally bought a GPS a few weeks ago. It is truly amazing technology, especially for just $200.

I had one funny thing happen though. A friend and co-worker borrowed it and used it in the Baltimore, Maryland area. I then took it to Birmingham, Alabama. When I arrived in Birmingham, I got into my rental car and hooked up the GPS. I call her "Trudy," by the way because she is normally so true to me. I punched in to take me to the nearest Panera Bread Company because it was mid-afternoon and I was hungry. She said there was one about seven miles away. Great!

But then, as I started driving, Trudy said it was going to take me about 12 hours to get there. That sounded like a long time to wait for lunch. That was going to be a very slow seven miles.

That was when I figured out that I had not given her adequate time to sync with the satellites. She was giving me instructions to drive to Baltimore!