Bye, Bye Blackberry

Blackberry went off line for me from work over two months ago and do I show any wear from it? No longer are dates as important, especially if I forget to write them in my converted 2006 day planner. So sorry if I've missed your birthday; my day planner just doesn't have that feature. Scheduled meetings for the most part are doctor visits or any other professionals who happen to be kind enough to have handed me a scheduled appointment card. I no longer have a cell phone, so that trip down I-10 is safer from accidents but nobody knows where the hell I am! My 2000+ contacts have all but become a handful of memorized phone numbers. My world has shrunk to post-it notes with numbers and names that I can't read without my glasses. Internet maps and tips on where the nearest Coldstone Creamery have disappeared from my life like it was really never there -right. My network has all but been replaced by a land line message machine that never displays the right time, gives wrong dates and won't let me listen to recent messages without cuing through what the machine reports to be something like seven but really is seventeen messages I must listen to first. Oh, I will get to your message... that's if I can find that message pad, pen and my glasses. All of this nonsensical silly talk I guess is making a point for me- staying connected just doesn't happen; you need a network, and I think I have part of the answer found in this Blog (so please, since the rest of my communication world is in shambles pass along this link where you can) but a Blackberry would be nice -don't you think?