Goodbyes

Last Wednesday was the beginning of a new era, a new that includes iphones!  Yes we all finally got on the bandwagon.  It was time to renew the contract, and the decision was made that the ability of Sarah, Mom, Becca, and I to run with our phones and our ipods in the same device would be a lot safer than just running with an ipod.  Dad of course couldn't be left out and got one as well, although Rebecca has deemed him unworthy of such an electronically advanced device . . . I personally think he's up to the challenge of the new phone but have no doubt that he would still be using a flip phone if we, his amazing daughters, were not there to push him in new directions!

Oh and did I mention that the phones were on super sale since we waited so long to buy one?  I refuse to own a $500 electronic device since it will ultimately get dropped in a purse, cuddle with in bed in the morning as I snooze my alarm, balanced precariously next to the sink as I brush my teeth, etc.  What can I say I love me a good sale.

As I took the blindingly white package of amazingness out of the box and beheld it reverently for the first time (before throwing it in the car and heading to a soccer game) it began to hit me that my trusty blackberry and I would no longer be best buds.

That phone and it's pink case have been with me through a lot.  Through plane flights and cross-country car rides, through late night parties and early morning classes.  As my alarm clock, it was the first thing I saw in the morning and the last thing I saw as I plugged it in to charge at night.  It's been dropped and slid and spun around on various surfaces.  It was sweated on as I carried it on my runs.  It was rained on when I carried it on my runs.  It called home every night for two years.  It texted multiple friends and previous boyfriends.  It was my trusty gps and always close by.
  

But sadly it was getting obsolete.  There was no touchscreen and no itunes compatibility.  I think it still probably had another year in it but it was losing charge faster and faster.  It was also time to renew the contract and the RIM software isn't looking too hot right now.  So I chose away from Blackberry and converted to the Apple cult (but I promise I will never be completely on the dark side!  I promise to never buy a mac!).

I'm still gonna keep my old blackberry around in case the delicate darling that is my iphone decides to break.  And I'm still going to keep checking the top of my iphone in vane for the blinking red light that told me that I was important and someone wanted to talk to me or email me about a sale at LOFT.

-Sincerely,
Former Blackberry Owner