iPhone

I have a love/hate for this iPhone....

I will make a long story short.

Yesterday afternoon my phone crashed and died!

I'm not quite sure what happened to it but I couldn't restore it, turn it on, or even sync it to my computer. Ugh... I was dying! This happened at 2:30, right before the craziness begins for me! Monday afternoon seems to be my busiest day of the whole week, I am in and out of my car till dinner time. In other words, I have to be organized and on the ball when the kids walk through the door! So lets just say the timing wasn't so good for my phone to decide to fry! As I was driving to and from tennis, dance, a friends house, the school and piano... my anxiety started to kick in! I needed to get a hold of Scott, to have him swing by and grab Sophie from dance early, so we could make it on time for Taylors piano recital. I couldn't remember if I had told my dad what time the recital started and I knew he was trying to get a hold of me. The list goes on and on of all the things I could not do, with out this silly, but yet powerful device! I felt lost.

This morning, I had some time to run some errands before my reservation at the genius bar. Driving with no interruptions is a good thing for me, its when I do a lot of my deepest thinking. That is, when I am not being interrupted or distracted by my calender, texts, calls and emails that constantly come through. I was able to disconnect my thoughts from my world, my obligations, the things that needed to be done and the people who needed me. I was forced to unplug from my reality for a few hours this morning and it felt great! As I drove, I felt a sense of calmness and peace. I realized that some of the thoughts I was having, were possibly some answers to my prayers. The spirit was able to talk to me or I was just able to listen better, because I had nothing else to do! Sad. I know. It makes me sick when I think about it. It made me realize how distracted I can become, just trying to be a mom and live in the world, trying to keep up with my kids and the different things they have going on in their lives. I need to find a better balance. My night time ritual, that I thought was my quiet time, isn't enough for me. The phone still rings, Scott wants to go over our calender, my teenagers are up late doing homework... Things just need to be done and life has to go on. It is just hard to disconnect from our technical world.

At 10:45 this morning, I was back into full communication with my world. I was given a brand new iPhone, covered under warranty! Hallelujah. I was so happy and relieved. By the time the lady had handed me my new phone and I walked out of the apple store and across the street to the shade store, the texts just started rollin' in and didn't seem to stop! I couldn't believe how many calls and texts I had missed in the short time that my phone was unresponsive.

I love the iPhone.

I just hate that I get distracted and it has become something I feel like I can not live without.