Joining the Blackberry World

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I sat at my computer for at least a half hour before I decided to make the jump into the Blackberry world. It's been upgrade time on our current calling plan for a while and Jenny's phone finally gave out. I had been debating whether I wanted to jump ship from Verizon to AT&T and get an iPhone. My practical self said "Why do that when you like Verizon, everyone at work uses verizon so you can talk to them for free, your work offers a 20% discount with Verizon, the Blackberry Curve is a $50 upgrade verses spending $200 bucks on an iPhone with an activation fee, etc?" I'm admittedly not a very practical person, especially when I want something REAL BAD, especially something ELECTRONIC...but the adult in me took over and I took the practical high road, as it were.

So far, I've liked the Curve. It has pretty much everything I would want or need. I like the size. My problem is that the jury is still out on whether or not I really want to be that accessible. Now my employees and doctors can reach me literally at ANY TIME. Whether by phone or email, I'm going to hear about it. I honestly don't even like cell phones. I hate that you can't ever take a real vacation, unless you want to go out of the country. I think that's part of what made the cruise so great...no cell service. It's a good thing the "Can you hear me know?" dude can't walk on water!

In other news, I've been really busy lately at work. I've been staying late and going early. By the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is look at a computer. It's budget time, you see. I'm hoping that in the next few weeks, things will return to what is typically normal.

Jenny's been doing a good job keeping the blog up to date. I really enjoyed Seattle. It was great to go to the BYU-UW game and be a part of another PAC-10 refereeing debacle! It was hilarious to listen to the news the night after the game and hear the sportscasters and talking heads lose their objectivity and share their opinions of Jake-Lockergate. Aside from the game, we got amazing weather and had a great time with Jenny's family. I would move to Seattle tomorrow if the weather every day was like it was during that weekend. Oh, and the doughnuts at Pike's Place Market are THE BEST, undisputed!

We also were able to go to the UCLA/BYU game and witness that drubbing! That was as loud as I've ever heard LES. The second quarter alone was worth the price of admission (which was free thanks to the generosity of Dr. Matern, one of my new Urologists (gentlest hands in the valley, guaranteed!)). At any rate, we had a good time again last week.