The Twenty First Century... I want to go to there.

I have a dream, that one day I will be able to communicate with a world wide web while in my living room. That one day I will be able to send small textual messages from my phone to others phones when I am unable to make a call. That one day I would be able to combine my phone and internet capabilities in one place that perhaps even has a screen that responds to my mere touch. But that day is not today.

You may have noticed that I have been absent for a while. The internet that I had access to is no longer available and since I either am chasing my son or at home that means that I only rarely get to check my email and perhaps Facebook. I feel as if I have moved into the dark ages. If it wasn't for the fact that I have a cell phone I would probably have a technological deprivation break down and start sending smoke signals from my patio. And last week only confirmed my fears. It was me vs. the phone and it didn't look good for me.

While I was in Abilene last week I had cell phone issues the start of which was my fault. I had forgotten my charger and so my phone started dying. I had a small freak-out because we were not even sure that we could afford for me to be out there so Daniel said that buying another charger was out of the question, but I called around and my cousin helped my out by letting me borrow one of his old phones. It was pretty cool at first but the phone was a little too sophisticated for me and I kept hanging up on people; in the end I had a phone so I was happy as a bird with a french fry.
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Since the phone was a smart phone ATT realized that I had "upgraded" so they upgraded my plan for me. This is a bit of a mess because I am on my parents plan so I had to call my dad and explain to him what had happened and get him to fix it. If I can't afford an extra charger I most certainly can not afford a data plan. As I explained before I don't even have texting on my phone, so data plan? I don't think so.
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Eric hunted around and found me a old razor that they had lying around. It didn't hold a charge but I could keep it plugged in and it was not too fancy for my simple tasted and phone plan. So I went on my merry way happy as a puppy with a chew toy until Tuesday night. I went to the restroom, you might see where this is going, and plop, right out of my pocket, from which I have never had this happen before, and directly into the toilet.
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The next morning I realized that I no longer even had my original phone to make one last dying call. In the middle of things I had left it at Eric and Em's house.
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I finally descended into a full panic, a complete, irrational, straight up panic. I ran to Walmart, bought a charger, went to Eric and Em's house and let myself in when no one answered the door, found my phone and went back to where I was staying where I used the last bits of my phones battery confessing my $15 purchase to my husband in hysterics. He was very kind to me and I realized that I probably had not gotten enough sleep lately. I went in, plugged in my phone and took a deep breath.
I think the cell phones still won.