The Crackberry...

I've heard about Blackberry phones and how nice they look and how sweet they are and how you can check your email on them and access the internet and all this really cool stuff. Well, I upgraded my phone recently and decided that I would get the plan with all the bells and whistles. I have big plans after Josie is born and I am going to need to stay "connected" to lots of folks. Communication will be key at this time in my life. I am communicating with teachers at school, with friends and family from midwest, friends from church and facebook, my blog... the list goes on and on! What a blessing to be able to access everything in one little phone.

BTW - It also takes decent pictures, records voice clips and video images... so this is some little piece of technology.

However... this little bugger should come with a warning. There is one little feature on this phone that is sending my ability to concentrate, my ADD and my daily schedule into a tailspin. Three words, " BLINKING RED LIGHT."

The warning they should put on this phone is that whenever there is something that someone is trying to communicate to you on your phone in the areas I've listed above... the little blinking red light is blinking to let you know it's ready to be looked at.

This my friends is NOT GOOD! Here is why. I cannot have a phone that has a blinking red light. If there is something to be read or communicated to me I need to read it immediately. It needs to be known! I MUST stop what I am doing and read what ever thing was just sent to me on phone. I already have a slight case of adult ADD and a blinking red light distracting me from what I am doing is just not leading me down a productive path.

For example, I told you how I wake up in the middle of the night at 3:30am. I walk downstairs half asleep. My phone is plugged into the wall and laying on the floor. And there is that little blinking red light, telling me someone has sent me a message. It might just be 1800 flowers who just sent me an email or my daily devotional or mayb even just a new comment on my blog... but I won't know until I check it. And no matter how tired, no matter how much I don't want to have to bend over to grab the cord and yank that puppy into my little paws, I MUST check the message. Sometimes I just lay it on it's face so the blinking light is not blinking at me. I figure if I can't see it I won't want to check it. But NOOOOOOOOO... it makes me want to flip it over to CHECK the blinking light to see if it's blinking. (BIG HUGE SIGH)

I am going to play with my settings soon at some point so it doesn't blink for everything, eventually I'll figure it out. They really should have a 12 step plan for this communication device.