Sleeper:

I love sleep. Dreams can be vivid and exciting. I also hate feeling tired or sleepy (and there is a difference.) Because I love getting sleep, I get excited every fall for that extra hour that comes from day light savings (and dread the spring time when I lose an hour.) This year, however, I cheated myself out of that hour.

I stayed up a little later than usual Saturday night, knowing that day light savings would kick in and give me the sleep I wanted/needed. Unfortunately, I was very tired when I got home Saturday night, and forgot to change the clocks. I woke up at 8 a.m. the next morning in a little bit of a panic because I had church meetings at 8:30 a.m. I was very tired from having stayed up late the night before, but I got up anyway. I quickly got ready, and as I was heading out the door, I did a time check on my cell phone to see how I was doing. My cell phone flashed its innocent 7:20 a.m. at me. I was so mad at myself! I was up and ready for my meetings. There was no way I was falling back asleep. My meetings were not for almost an hour. All I could do was sit around being tired but not sleepy until it was time to leave. Needless to say, I am now unjustly bitter toward day light savings time.

I was subtly reminded that my first post had none of the 3 things I promised, so here they are. My Droid X Rant, Rave, and Remember:

I have had a droid x for 2 months now. I got it for 2 reasons: work and play. For work, I need it so that I can have access to my google calendars, and, more importantly, so I can access the internet and my client files (my practice is cloud based.) I went in front of a judge without access to my client records one too many times and decided I needed that access. So, I got the phone.

CRASH!

The problem with it is it crashes 3 out of 4 times when I use tethering (using my phone as a wi-fi hotspot.) If it were a PC, I would be getting the blue screen of death all the time! That's right, when I say crash, I mean my phone literally resets itself. *sigh*

WOW!

Despite the negativity and occasional crashing, this is my first smart phone of any kind, and it is wonderful! I can look anything up any time anywhere. I have a gps device. I can calendar in any situation. I can check all my messages whenever I want (although I find this means I think about work more than I would like.) In fact, this phone does more than I will ever use.

WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS?

As adults, cell phones are amazing. They cost about as much as a land line, but they give us immediate communication wherever we are. We can call for help when we need it. We can meet up with people once we get to a place. It is terribly convenient.

But what about the kids? I remember as a child simply calling my friends on the phone to see if they were home and if they could play. Now, without land lines and parents (rightly) not giving their children cell phones, they can't call up their friends. They either have to be out and about trying to find a friend that can play, or they have to hope that their parents know their friends' parents' phone numbers, borrow their parent's phone, call their friend's parents, and ask to talk to their friend. It seems like a lot of steps just to play with a friend.

Well...there you have a rant, rave, and remember. Not a great one, as I have several distractions this morning, but...

"Hello world." Probably the most important thing to say when creating a blog. Right? Right.

I am relatively new to blogging. (O.k. this is my first blog. I've followed several, but never written my own.)

My goals for this blog? To rant, rave, and remember, of course. Ok, there is more to it than that. I intend to improve my web exposure. Hopefully people see this and know who I am a little bit.

I also entertain myself, so I thought I would share my brilliance (or lack thereof, depending on how the world judges me) with everyone.

I am:

• a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• the oldest of six kids in a WONDERFUL family and an uncle to the cutest nieces and nephews the world has ever seen
• a consumer bankruptcy attorney
• single
• a fan of stories (i.e. movies, books, plays, tv series, etc.)
• a singer
• a secretary
• a volleyball player

Interesting. Volleyball used to be much higher on the list. This illustrates that I am also out of shape, even though I love to play sports.