I currently have AT&T. In oder to get emails through work, I must have AT&T and I must have a Blackberry, so I have both. Right now with AT&T I have 900 anytime minutes for $59.99 (with unlimited mobile-to-mobile, nights-starting at 9pm, and weekends). I also have a message starter package for $4.99 which allows for 200 text messages sent or received. I easily go over 900 minutes if I didn't log in to my account online to find out how few minutes I have left.

Metro PCS has an unlimited plan for $45. I would have unlimited text messaging, even to international numbers. And unlimited minutes. The only catch is that if I go outside of Atlanta (and I have to go pretty far out, probably two hours' drive time any direction from downtown still provides coverage) then I no longer have service. And I think that is okay. I don't go anywhere but Sewanee and it's taboo to have a cell phone there anyway. Although, I do use it when I have it there.

I also have to buy the phone from Metro PCS. $139. Basically, after a year I break even, but I will have had unlimited features during that time for the same price.

[Because I like having email from work come to my Blackberry and having signed a two-year service agreement, I plan to keep the AT&T in service for only the internet use.] I think it will be worth it to have two phones, but I feel like I'm in the 90s when we had a PDA, a cell phone, and an MP3 player.

The last issue is keeping my phone number which I have had since 1997. I want my Blackberry to have a number no one knows and my Metro PCS phone to have my cell phone number I've always had.

i can't sleep. the past couple nights i've been sleeping twelve hours starting at around midnight until noon, and tonight after a couple of margharitas with roger i went straight to bed around 9:30pm. i have insurance licensing class starting at 8:15am tomorrow, er today, so perhaps i'm anxious about my first day of school. or it could be my stomach that kinda hurts from the enchilada or quesadilla, which was fried to my surprise.

when looking for a bite to eat i noticed dr. praeger's veggie burgers. i thought it read dr. pregger's. glad no one in this house is. but roger's son bradley and his new wife jamie are expecting. they'll find out weds if it's a boy or girl. whereas my cousin and his wife sarah waited until the baby was born to hear. i think it's easier if you just find out in advance. get all the right clothes and colors working how you want beforehand. and it's a surprise at that moment. it's like hearing about a gift that was a surprise on christmas day, and then getting the actual present in may or something.

i look forward to having class for however many hours a day. mostly i've been sitting around the house watching the price is right and on occasion having enough energy to unload my car from college. i just today finished. and my room's getting in order, too. lots of boxes have gone into storage and i now have an office space set up and my room and closet are organized for once.

someday i might make my own lava lamp.

alright. i'll update. today it's foggy out and i like it. i'm in a very good mood today. this morning i had two tests and now i can finally do laundry and clean my room so it won't smell bad. and i'm going to get a shower! oh happy day! tonight we have the pledge class retreat. plans include thrift shopping and rollar skating.

i don't know if it's because i'm a senior, but i don't really have a sense of urgency about doing every last activity offered. i'm quite content sitting on 3fg and going to bed early when i can. this semester i study more than other semesters. i'm not doing crew. i'm not leading bible studies and i'm not attending any on a regular basis. i don't have any clubs like knitting or SOP trips. i pretty much have become a workaholic. i do my schoolwork. i work at the phonathon. i talk to those i wish to talk to and hang out with those i want to be around. i plan my day according to whether or not i want to be at a busy lunch. sometimes i prefer the quiet, alone meals. and it's wonderful. every last bit. doing what i want when i want how i want. and living with what consequences there may be for staying up until 3am before an 8am because i drank into the wee hours  on a tuesday night.

i think being a senior frees up your ability to use your time how you want. you don't second guess, oh what if i don't do this. it doesn't matter. you did what you want.