Fixation
I want to get a BlackBerry. 
Never mind it’s the last thing I really need. I’m a stay-at-home, home schooling mom. I spend a lot of time here with my laptop within reach, so easy to check the inbox when ever I want. Aren’t those email devices for people always on the go, running to catch a plane or stuck in traffic? The only thing I’ve run to catch lately is a toddler and the last time I found myself stuck in traffic, I was on the way home from vacation.
But I still want one.
I think it’s because I want to feel more important, more part of the outside world. Mothering would be transformed into a exciting life with a BlackBerry tucked in my purse. I like the tiny keypad too. What brilliant emails I could craft with a nifty BlackBerry.
That’s the difficult part of being a stay-at-home mom, watching Doc leave the house everyday. I can stay in my pajamas all day, and no one cares. Part of me misses the rushing out-the-door thing, having a place to go. Now I go for days without leaving the house. It’s isolating, this raising kids gig. A person with a BlackBerry is a multi-tasker, a gal on the go, with a knack for having fun. At least, I believe she is.
So I want the BlackBerry. Just because.
Tags: BlackBerry, mothering, stay-at-home mom, technology
3.12.08 at 10:10 am
Brandie comments:
Okay, I have a blackberry. (we were fortunate that my husband’s company gave us his old phone when they upgraded to new ones). Anyway, I am NOT a multitasker! I am not a girl on the go! LOL When we first got it I set up the e-mail just to feel special and honestly, hated checking it on the phone. Within a week I stopped doing that.
I will say the nice thing is that if my phone is charging off the computer I can get on-line with my laptop wherever I go. We just discovered that feature and I have already gone to Barnes and Noble and surfed the web from their cafe with it. That right there, makes the phone for me. LOL
3.12.08 at 11:02 am
Monica Brand comments:
But you must be. That’s my perception. And it did make you feel special! See, I’m right.
3.14.08 at 10:18 pm
Gloria comments:
I also can go for days without leaving the house. It was hubby’s payday and I told him we had to go put gas in my car. He said why? where did you go? and I thought about it, and I realized I really hadn’t gone anywhere, it was just a reaction, get paid, get gas, lol.
3.15.08 at 5:15 pm
Monica Brand comments:
I like not leaving the house most days. We have stuff to do here, obviously. But come Saturday, I need a change of scene.