New Cell Phone On It's Way

Ok.   Apparently even people in New York are mentioning how annoying it is that I don't have a cell phone that works.      I really do have legitimate excuses for this lack of communication ability and I am doing my best to rectify the situation.

First and foremost, apparently my MERCURY is ALWAYS in retrograde.   For those of you that have known me for any length of time, you must agree that I periodically have electronic meltdowns usually during a regular ole Mercury retrograde that are darn near unbelievable.    I have a new mantra that I get to recite every Tuesday morning to rectify my Mercury.    With God's speed, I hope.

Recent history in point:, the water bottle fell off the car seat opened and then drowned my cell phone which made a sad little beeeep as it died.   Then I got the iPhone, courtesy of my employer.   At first I was scared to death that I'd kill the $400 phone in a week so I spent a fortune buying a plastic case that had similar characteristics to Fort Knox.    That protective case could be thrown (accidentally of course) 10 feet away and while the case might break and scatter, the iPhone inside was always safe.    I had a few of those cases.    Unfortunately, the case did not survive the nursing assistant topping over an entire 1.5 liter of water directly onto the phone recently.   Hence the bubbly sound when I leave you all messages.   And, no, the hospital insurance simply does not cover cell phones (but they will kindly replace your bifocals should they break those).

Then what small amount of life the iPhone had left has been nearly extinguished by the thick adobe walls and terrible AT&T service in my new house, where I've been living for a little over two weeks.    I must admit, the telephone conversations have been shorter....most people get about 30 seconds of reception before the phone dies out.   Sometimes I'm able to call you back on my helper's phone, but I actually have kinda enjoyed the succinctness of my phone conversations.    I love to see you all in person so much more.

Then, of course, right before my long hospital stay before the move, the security system on my lemon-of-a-computer started flashing notices that it was time to renew.   As some of you were aware,  I was not in my finest form during this period and while I managed to purchase the new security,  I failed to notice that I didn't install the virus protection.    So after I returned from the hospital, my computer decided to join the virus brigade and well, straight up quit.   Flat out...f**k you....I'm not even going to turn on, which of course pointed out my error in installation.     And so, at this point,   I have the bubbly cell and the virused computer.   DOWN DOWN DOWN.   God telling me to shut up and rest already?   Perhaps.

Long story short:  a very kind person offered to spot me a new computer.   Another very kind person ordered me a MacBook.   It arrived and in the meantime we found a better deal and I realized that the first computer did not come with a warranty (which is an impossible place for me to live given my track record).     So we returned computer #1, ordered computer #2 with warranty, which of course then took EONS to arrive and well, long story short,   I've been online for just a few days.

TODAY was the day I made a decision on best cell phone purchase.   A no contract (might as be realistic here) cheap plan with a cheap phone that will hopefully have reception in the house.   By tomorrow night, I should be up and running with the same phone number.