Desert Magnolia

A few minutes ago, when I was on the phone, I received a text, an email popped into my Inbox and three people IM'd me AT THE VERY SAME TIME! Now I'm not a brain surgeon, and mostly incoming texts are from my family, which is nice, but emails generally require me to act on something or produce something and IM's? Always about 'needing just a teeny little bit of information to push forward on XYZ project.' Seriously, people. I'm turning off my phone. I'm shutting down my computer, and I'm going to try to get some real work done. Oh wait, the weird thing now? If you go offline, then people suddenly become motivated to find you and chat and deliver their very important info in person which would guarantee I'd get abso.lutely. nothing more done today. I'm screwed if I do, screwed if I don't. It's a techno conundrum.

It's contract renewal time with our cell phone provider, and the conversations leading up to final decisions have been ridiculous. There's always the gadget talk..which phone to get, who says which ones are good/bad/reliable/cheesy, etc. Daughter wants an iPhone. Of course. So, we've got that going for us. Hubby can't decide what he wants, but he thinks he wants something easier to text on than the phone he's been using which is a nice 'regular' cell phone. I want another BlackBerry. I don't want an iPhone for many reasons, including that I use my phone primarily to stay in touch when I'm on the road/out and about. Which is often. So I email a lot. I text a lot. But I'm not one who likes apps all that much, or syncs up with an iPod (don't have one..in fact I have a little Sensa MP3 player that's just fine for my needs, minimal buzzers and bells but delivers good music which is what I want), or impresses my friends. Most of my co...