Rob and Scarlett got me a new phone for Mother’s Day. It worked for a few hours, and then just kept turning off. Although I will need to get it fixed or replaced eventually, I found that I was in no hurry yesterday to do so. When I have a phone around, I’m always on it, and I’m sure that most people reading this are the same way. I’m checking my to-do list, scrolling through Facebook, reading email, sending Bitmojis, doing crossword puzzles, even paging through books.  Occasionally, I use it to make phone calls. But yesterday, I couldn’t do any of that and it was sort of awesome.

We met my sister and her family at a playground, and I got to hold Fiona in my lap almost the entire time. There was no room for a phone. Then I hung out with Scarlett while she cleaned the garage, because that is the kind of child labor I can get behind. I read a magazine, and threatened her with various consequences when she started whining that the job was too hard. Ha ha, Mother’s Day wins. Again, I was happy to be phoneless, so that I could really focus on my task of drill sergeanting. Read More>