Shelley Rossitto

On Saturday I spent the day with my nephews and my own “older” kids in Boston for Halloween.  During the day we carved pumpkins and at night passed out candy while the kids did their trick or treat thing.  We sat on the porch with a couple of beers but of course had to spend a little time hiding in leaves to scare the kids when they came up to the house.  I helped my 7 year old nephew carve his pumpkin.  He, of course, had a sharp knife.  I was so excited about the whole process and how well they were doing I had to take pictures and immediately upload them to flickr, facebook, and of course text them to my son in law who could not come.  Well I had just updated my Blackberry so the applications were not installed.  So I had to install them so I could get those pictures up asap.  I didn’t stop there – I had to have video.  I couldn’t wait – the moment was right and it needed to be then.  My daughter (26 years old) kept reminding me “Mom, Daniel is going to cut off his finger.  You need to stop.”  But I just kept saying one more minute.

So what made me think that it had to be immediate?  I wanted to share the moment.  I got distracted from the real intent of that day and got caught up in “I have to let my network know.”  Interesting but a little scarey at the same time.  As I write about multi-tasking (driving while texting!) and what we need to do for our kids, I realize as we become a part of this big paradigm shift of life that we also at the mercy of being overwhelmed. 

Well I got the pictures up there and had a lot of responses.  I couldn’t do the video and by the time I got to my computer at home I lost interest!

It is time for me to take a step out of my professional life to take a moment to discuss another passion. The Boston Red Sox are a team that stirs emotions, crazy feelings, debates, discussions, and other life expanding conversations that we revel in for only a few short months. It is this time of year, as a Red Sox fan, that we hope the season goes by quickly and we begin to set our sites on the New England Patriots. But there is a definite struggle because no one wants the summer itself to end. As the leaves change so does any possibility of the Red Sox going anywhere. You wonder how a team can be on top for so long and then float away. With all of that being said they are still the best team in baseball in my mind and have the best fans in the world. Whether they are winning or losing we still cheer, swear, pay outrageous prices for tickets and beer, take the T and hoot and holler on the train, and just plain love being at Fenway. I can’t say any other ball team or park sparks so much enthusiasm. So in my mind the Red Sox are and always will be winners. Winning the world series was icing on the cake and we will all be licking our fingers for another century. Who cares -it is the good times and thrills that make them so great. Only Red Sox fans would understand that.