Blackberry junkie

Forgot to mention that my blackberry was not working for 2 days! I keep staring at my mail - 105 messages - why has it not changed? Emailed and left voicemails to the sys admin - no response. The good thing is the boss' BB is not working either. Other good thing is he does not expect me to return all his emails just because I have a BB.

But...as hubby would put it, I am addicted to it. Yes, I confess. Once I had it, I would not give it up. Gone are the days where you keep a cell phone and a PDA and have 3 repositories for your contacts, sync online when your laptop is turned on and connected to the network, and lose your information when the PDA battery runs out. Been there, done that too many times. With my BB, it's wireless sync! Now my emails, contacts, memos, calendar all sync wirelessly. If anything happens to it, it's all in my mailbox at work anyway. Phew! For those of you non-converts - I AM SO SORRY! I know there is a premium to pay to own one of these. It's an essential in the Corporate world these day. Maybe the ROI is not there for the smaller companies. I'll have to say though that the phone part of the BB is quite weak but used with an earbud handsfree is an improvement.

Yesterday, finally received a call from the sys admin. Nice guy, very accommodating, one of those individuals a manager loves to keep because he does not give lip service and while he does not always return your calls immediately, have confidence that he is working the problem. I have 3 instructions on what to do. Followed them and voila, it's ALIVE! No data loss. Have to custom set my ring tones, etc. Minor details. It's back and I am ever so thankful.