No Emails Day !

It is a national holiday today for Diwali, so most of the offices are closed here. I stayed at home most of the time during the day. Got up late, then had a lazy breakfast and read the dailies. There was some paper work pending, finished those small but important items.
By noon, I realized that my Blackberry is not working, no emails since morning. There was some email system upgrade over the weekend and this must be a by product of that. Mondays always have some surprises, since weekends are scheduled maintenance windows for servers and set ups globally. It is rather unusual feeling, when you don’t get the emails on your fingertips. We all have got so used to this device and speed with which we can exchange notes with people sitting miles apart. I called up couple of friends, co- workers to make sure it is not just me and this is some kind of a generic company email issue and they did confirm that.
So I decided to keep it like that – an email blackout day on my Blackberry. That red color LED never flashed since morning (WOW). I must admit, I felt totally cut off from the world and was tempted to get it fixed immediately, but I also wanted to experience it for a change. For many people, who would have emailed me must be wondering what’s wrong. I do have an impression of replying within minutes, if I have to respond to something. So basically, not a single email received and sent today – a memorable day in life after so many years of being a crazy BB user.
By evening I was feeling very itchy, with not much left to do at home, I went for a swimming session. It really feels good to spend some time in water and today being a holiday the pool was filled with kids and parents. It was nice to hang around with some of the friends and their kids in the pool for a while. Came back when I was tired enough, to get to dinner.

Going to bed now, tomorrow is a work day and would be a busy one with many pending emails!!