Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

There are other activities that go on in our lives outside the preparations to move on a 59 day schedule. For instance, today Earl and I decided to upgrade our aging cellphones to today’s technology by signing up for Blackberrys® That’s the easy part; it remains to be seen if we can actually learn how to use them to full advantage.

Blackberrys are not the most current edition of technology, but after reviewing the pros and cons we opted for them. Mostly because AT&T, the major competitor to Blackberry® in this area, doesn’t have the coverage that we want. Besides, the contract is only for two years; and who knows what telecommunications will be like then. Probably another entire learning curve for those of us on Medicare.

That said, we’re both excited to get our phones when we return to the vendor tomorrow, but for different reasons. I haven’t asked Earl his specific purposes, but I suspect they revolve around a lot of lost calls with our current provider, the ability to take photos, and the price. As for me, it’s all about checking email and downloading data because I really dislike talking, person to person, on a cellphone. I’m more about keeping up with email.

So tomorrow we pick up our new communication devices, begin emptying the locker we rented to store all the extraneous items we culled from our house when we put it on the market, and start purging our kitchen of knick knacks that won’t make the cut to our new condo. We’ll probably be trying to program our new Blackberrys® too.