A BlackBerry-and-Blue Eye for a Mom

I never owned a BlackBerry. I never had a job that was so vital to an organization that I needed to be on call night and day. So the issue of answering the call of my PDA over the needs of my children has never been a problem for me.

However...there are a number of things I have tried to cram in while watching the kids, because one cannot expect to give them one's full attention at all times. Some of these things include:

1. Checking e-mail


2. Surfing the Internet


3. Napping


4. Applying to jobs


5. Playing Pokémon Diamond on my Nintendo DS
   


6. Taking a dump while bottle-feeding Jackson, during which he was likely taking a dump


7. Updating this damn blog


8. Reading the Newsday sports section


9. Fantasizing about someone else watching the kids for the next 36 hours to 10 years

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