I just bought a book last weekend on parakeets as I really wanted a pair of them...I just love to hear birds chirping and singing...

At any rate the book advised that parakeets really like a lot of human attention, especially when there is only one of them...that's how they learn to talk and develop a bond with their caretaker.

I absolutely love my bunnies to death and wouldn't trade them in for anything. Yet with my work at the sanctuary and my "real" job at U Mich, I feel like they don't always get the amount of attention they deserve...I try and spend one hour each night sitting first with the gang on the first floor and then with Daisy on the 2nd floor. It doesn't always happen that way so then I feel guilty.
So now with parakeets needing a lot of attention as well....well, I've pretty much decided against getting them.
I just thought you should be aware that they will require a lot of interaction with you too.