iPhone reflections

I have an iPhone.
I have a problem.
I referenced it in this post: a little bit of nothing
It started out innocent.
I had a Blackberry Pearl.
I loved my Blackberry.
I wanted nothing to do with the iPhone.
But then I needed it for work.
And I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon in 2009.
3 years.
And I wouldn't go back.
My iPhone is:

1. My phone
2. My calendar
3. My email
4. My budgeting tool
5. My camera
6. My camcorder (what's that?)
7. My social media connection
8. My Bible (really? really. Have you heard of #shereadstruth? Check it out. Lots of goodness. Women reading the Bible together. Women coming together all over the world. Women deciding to let go of the negatives and dwell on the positives. I digress.)
9. My MP3 player
10. My task list
11. A link to DropBox
12. My car mileage keeper (RoadTrip - great for business purposes)
13. Turn Photo to PDFer for work purposes (TurboScan - turns any photo into a PDF- A-Mazing)
14. My calculator (if I'm not on my computer)
15. My GPS (lots of incredible apps for this)
16. My weather person
17. My note-keeper
18. My keyring (holds all those annoying key-chain coupon store card thingies)
19. My shopping guide (hello Amazon)
20. My reference center: news, Wikipedia, associated press, etc
21. My baby tracker (not now, while pregnant silly)
22. My favorite cookbook
23. My dictionary & translator
24. My movie guide & book list
25. The list goes on... There are so many more things I use it for.

So one day, it broke, at 7:00am.
Tragedy. Serious tragedy.
But I got by.
And by 7:00pm I had a new iPhone.
12 hours people.

You know what happened in those 12 hours?
I stopped calling & texting.
I called from a landline (what's that?)
I checked my email from my computer. (that hardly every happens, except for work purposes)
I used DropBox, my Outlook calendar & task list on my computer.
I didn't check my budget.
I didn't use my camera or camcorder option (Caleb may have used our digital camera).
I stopped checking all forms of social media, except occasionally, mainly for our company (being honest here).
I already read my Bible (before 7:00am peoples).
I used Spotify on my computer.
I didn't take a business drive or fill up with gas.
I stepped outside to check the weather.
I didn't shop (my wallet & husband thanked me).
I didn't cook (we ate at Chick-Fil-A, hubby also thanked me).
There are a lot of things I didn't do.

And you know what?
The world didn't end.
I didn't lose it.

Did I miss my iPhone? Yes.
Did it feel nice to be partially unplugged? Yes.

Sometimes, we need a break.
Maybe my phone breaking was the world's way of saying, "Sara slow down and smell the roses."
And so I will.
When I want to.
(which I'm trying to do more often)
Join me.
Sometimes.

And now for a few June pictures

Waffles by Uncle Peter

Sermon notes listening to Pastor Dan

 

Rollerblade to Chappy

Such a beautiful place - West Falmouth Harbor

Sandwiches during ReMix band practice

Sam wants to be in the band.

Wait for me dad!

Checking out the view in Newburyport

Playing with bubbles at Russell Orchards

Donuts with Dad at Russell's

Röda Vinbär at Russell's

New sleeping habits... apparently his bed isn't big enough.

Bowl full of cherries

An afternoon at Singing Beach

Snack time at Singing Beach