Gleek has memorized my cell phone number. She calls me frequently when I’m away from the house without her. “Hi its me, Gleek. Daddy is taking me out to lunch.” Sometimes she needs something, so she will call me to ask about it. “Hi its me, Gleek. Kiki won’t give me a turn!” Sometimes I don’t hear the phone and she leaves me messages. She’s really quite good about it. “Hi its me, Gleek. Can I go play at my friend’s house?” I love the sound of her little voice on the phone. She sounds so much smaller and younger compared to the other voices I converse with. “Hi its me, Gleek. I can’t find my swimsuit!” Often there isn’t much I can do about her predicament until I get home, but I offer reassurance and she feels better knowing that I’ll help when I can. “Hi its me, Gleek. I just want you to come home now.” Sometimes she is crying and sniffling. It makes me want to snuggle her into my lap. Instead I offer her whatever comforting words I can muster.
I love that I live in an age with cell phones. I love that my little girl can feel connected with me even if I’m gone for awhile. I treasure these little conversations because I know that a time will come when her problems will not be so simple. The time will also come when it won’t be me that she calls with her problems. I wish my voicemail would save messages for more than 14 days. I’d like to save the little six-year-old-Gleek voice so I can treasure it when she’s gone on to become an older version of herself.
“Hi its me, Gleek. I love you mommy.”
If your cellphone has a standard ministero headphone jack for a corded headset, you might think about plugging it in via a m/m jack to the microphone port on your computer and backing them up. (it’s what I do)
If your cellphone has a standard ministero headphone jack for a corded headset, you might think about plugging it in via a m/m jack to the microphone port on your computer and backing them up. (it’s what I do)
My parents’ cell numbers are the only ones (apart from my own) that I have managed to memorise. Since I am quite capable of holding IP addresses and such in my head for months at a time, I suppose it’s because I used them before I had a phone of my own and could thus rely on its memory instead of my own.
That reminds me — I should phone my mom tonight. 🙂
My parents’ cell numbers are the only ones (apart from my own) that I have managed to memorise. Since I am quite capable of holding IP addresses and such in my head for months at a time, I suppose it’s because I used them before I had a phone of my own and could thus rely on its memory instead of my own.
That reminds me — I should phone my mom tonight. 🙂
Send it to your email
Hi.
David Pogue (the technology guy from the New York Times) wrote about services that send your voicemail to your email. They cost a bit of money, but it might be worth it.
The link is
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/technology/15pogue.html?ex=1178424000&en=8323fa8a51b317af&ei=5070
If it becomes restricted by the time you check it, the recommended companies include http://simulscribe.com/ and http://www.spinvox.com (currently free in the US – Ignore the “seven-day trial” offered at spinvox.com; that’s just for British customers).
Uri David Akavia
Send it to your email
Hi.
David Pogue (the technology guy from the New York Times) wrote about services that send your voicemail to your email. They cost a bit of money, but it might be worth it.
The link is
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/technology/15pogue.html?ex=1178424000&en=8323fa8a51b317af&ei=5070
If it becomes restricted by the time you check it, the recommended companies include http://simulscribe.com/ and http://www.spinvox.com (currently free in the US – Ignore the “seven-day trial” offered at spinvox.com; that’s just for British customers).
Uri David Akavia