1) New toy
My new (free-to-me, paid for by my company) work BlackBerry arrived in the mail yesterday. It kind of makes me feel like I have a “big girl” job now, even though I’ve been solely responsible for all my bills and living expenses since I was 17 years old.
I had initially looked into using my iPhone as my personal and work phone, but the tech people at my company don’t support them with our computer systems. In order for me to access my work email and calendar when I’m away from my computer, I need a BlackBerry. Which isn’t a big deal, because it seems like a cool phone and all, but now I’ll be carrying around two phones every day. And I kind of feel just a little bit self-indulgent that I own two expensive phones, especially since they both have internet access (and I never even had a phone with internet access until five months ago when I bought my iPhone).
The upside to the BlackBerry is that I requested service through Verizon, so when I don’t have service in the Metro with the AT&T-only iPhone, I have an alternate source of connection to the outside world.
2) Touchy-feely
I bought a plane ticket to Dallas a few months ago because my aunt Cathy asked if I wanted to meet her there to see a U2 concert. I was supposed to leave today and come back next Tuesday, but a few weeks ago I decided I wasn’t going to go. I didn’t want to take off two days from my new job and also, when I thought about it, I realized that my mom would have a much better time than I would.
You see, my aunt Cathy is her younger sister, they very rarely get to see each other, my mom hardly ever goes on vacation without my stepdad (and usually at least one of my brothers or nephew), and she’s never seen U2. (I saw U2 twice on their Vertigo tour in early 2006, and I saw them here in DC last week with some friends.)
So I told my mom to take off work, and I bought her a plane ticket, and as it turns out I’m way happier about her going than if it were me, because she’s so-so-so excited. And that makes me feel pretty awesome.
3) This weekend
Tomorrow is my roommate’s birthday, and we’re having some people over to our place on Saturday night. We may end up going out to a bar later, or maybe we’ll stay in…it all depends on how we feel, so plans are kind of up in the air right now. But that’s okay. It’ll be fun.
Happy weekend, everyone!
One Comment
happy birthday to your roomie!
Also, how great you are to your mom :-) I think the best part of having good income is being able to do big, nice things for other people. It’s what MightyGirl would call a “grand, loving gesture.”
PS have you ever read mightygirl.com? She’s got a cool life list project that is quite similar to the 101 things without a deadline.