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death of my blackberry…quelle horreur

July 6, 2010

Well y’all know I sleep with my blackberry. I eat with my blackberry. I take showers with my blackberry in the room. LOL. Finally last night my blackberry got sick of following me around everywhere. The connection port that I tether to and charge my battery with (small usb hub) was so wiggly and out of shape I couldn’t keep my connection. I went all night without tethering. aaaggghhh.

So this morning I went to the cell store. They don’t fix them there. Had to call HQ. And guess what–they are two weeks backlogged!! I won’t have my baby back for two weeks. Well actually it will be a new baby then….will have to groom it and make it mine. In the meantime I have a loaner. It’s not the same. It feels like someone else’s child. I might not sleep with it tonight.

Working on HOST brochure project still..also recreating http://peacefulheartalpacas.com into a wordpress site. Designing a rack card for a new cabin rental. It’s first day back from a long holiday weekend. I’m wishing I still had a few days of fireworks. Although I am glad to have work!

what a night owl am i –who who–

April 13, 2010

Mommy! Go to bed, you have to get up early.

I should probably have gone to bed a couple of hours ago. But I get hooked on something I am designing and I can’t quit. I can’t tell you how many times I have woken at 3am, the TV playing an informercial (love those things!) and my fingers still draped across my laptop keypad, my head either tilted back (throat dry from snoring) or hung over like I passed out. I should just shut it off at 9, close my eyes and sleep like a normal person. But I am not normal. I am a designer….a web junkie. I just know some important message is going to come in at 4am. I don’t know what I did before I got my blackberry. I sleep with it. Sometimes at 2 in the morning, it rings that I have a new email message. Yes, I wake up and check it. Sometimes I respond. How impressive is that for my customers? I’m like a doctor, on call with their brochure or website questions all through the night, ready to save the graphics at a moments notice! I need a red cape. And maybe some silky eye covers. I am getting so tired….