I lost my cell phone Friday night in either Rite Aid or the liquor store. At first I wasn’t going to let it bother me, since my solution was simple. I was going to go into those stores the next morning and check the lost and found. (Yeah, right.)
So, the realization kicked in and I had no cell phone. I called T-Mobile to tell them of my loss. I guess I was thinking that since I been a customer for almost 12 years they would send me a replacement handset. Another realization kicked in when the customer service rep tried to sell me a phone that cost over $300. (Damn, I should have bought the insurance.) The negligence of losing my phone and not having insurance is going to cost me big time. And, I just made a new budget that prevents me of spending no money because of a few major events happening in September and October. The new solution is simple: I’ll suspend my account and go without service or a phone. (Sidebar: I’m thinking of canceling my cell phone service with T-mobile, paying the $200 fee and joining Verizon for a free phone.)
I told Janet, my bestie about my horror, and she said, “I wonder how long this is going to last.” Gee, thanks!
Now, I’m mad. Call Real, on the land line, (Thank God for that) spoke to her for about an hour before the battery died. (WTF) The phone didn’t even give me a warning sign.
More mad. Cancelled a small gathering planned at my house, because I just wasn’t in the mood. Since, I don’t know anyone’s number, I sent e-mails. I also ask Janet and Real to send text messages to the ladies.
Spoke to Sharise for about another hour – on the land line – didn’t even get a kink in my neck or my head didn’t hurt from the waves.
My boyfriend calls me at 12:47 a.m. I have to get out of the bed and walk over to the phone. (I never had to do that with a cell phone, which normally lives two inches away from me.)
Then, the Samsung TV won’t power on. WTF. Send Janet a note, “she says when it rains, it pours.” Gee, thanks again, Janet, just what I wanted to hear.
So, now, I’m sitting in my apartment with no TV, no cell, about to go to the hair salon and thought, “I can do this.” If the Amish can do it, so can I. So, I will keep you guys updated on my life without a cell phone – until I break down and buy one. Right now, I am not a slave to the mobile device.
