YES I HAVE!!

So I was heading out of work this evening and I was thinking of giving a ring to a friend I hadn't spoken to in awhile. I decided to give her a ring after I got off the subway. Just as I was basking in the glow of my great decision making I thought "Uhh... Special, how many daytime minutes do you have?" I almost stopped mid strut (cuz I don't walk down the street; if I aint struttin I'm late so is bere speed walking I'm doing But I digress....). I hardly ever check my minutes so I didn't even know. But as Lent has taken over my life I realized I better START checking!!

This is just one example of the many differences in my life the last week and a half that I haven't been on networking sites or on any msngrs. Granted beyond so very minute text convos (that I've been steadily cutting off after the initial question is answered) I've been doing very well with my sacrifice. Fortunately and unfortunately I've had to get used to somethings.

Voice Call Scrutiny: as mentioned before I now make it a habit to check my minutes. Not only that: when I'm on a call I'm in tune with how much time I spend on the call. Or my personal revelation: Is this person really worth ANSWERING the call for? Seriously I have gotten my phone priorities in order.

Battery Power Increase: since I'm not always tip typing away on my berry I have SO much battery power left at the end of the day! Some nights I don't even bother to plug it in. This is funny to me because prior to Ash Wednesday my battery would be dead/dying by 6pm (and that was a good day). I mean my FavX is always complaining about how my phone was always dying. He used to SWEAR it was never charged. Now? No complaints.

Friends/Associates: I realize now who I truly consider my friends. This one I am still trying to come to terms with. #1 reason is a lot of the people I was calling friend was really an associate and vice versa. The people who I've actually made an effort to call and have made an effort to call me have surprised me. I mean honestly I didn't think some of them were as important to me and others I didn't realize how UNimportant they were. They don't have to see my name blinking on myspace or that green circle on fbook/gchat to want to talk. Kudos to u guys!

Productivity: **throws spray bottle in the trash**Boy am I getting things done. At work, at home, etc. And I'm positive you've noticed I've blogged up the wazoo haha. No but seriously I have noticed I've got more time to do much more. And its always nice not to be referred to as a CrackBerryHead these days!

And the best change I've noticed thus far... I don't miss it as much as I thought I would. After that initial week I was good. No more scratching my arms, the shakes were gone, and I didn't hear anymore phantom IM chimes. The little BBMsngr smileys on my phone screen is the only thing that still haunts me because it never goes away and the number of IMs I receive just keep going up (Aren't you people reading my status!?! I'll be back on the 10th of April Geeeez!)

All in all... I'm not in that much of a rush to get back on all of my social networks and msngrs... Then again this could be like when you don't think you have to go to the bathroom until your RIGHT in front of your house and your keys just WON'T come out of your bag/pocket (DAG NABBIT!!) We'll see how those last few days go.... But anywho How's your Lent going?