Reconnected.

Today, almost after a full week without a phone, I was finally united with my new cell phone. Why did I have to spend a week without a phone? It involves a long and strange tale involving WCRI, my friend Olivia, and the post office.
I first lacked a phone starting Wednesday. I hoped to be reconnected with the world by Friday, but that was not to be. I tried to make the best of a crappy situation. Not that I really needed a phone that badly anyway. It's better not to be dependent on technology, right?
The weekend rolled around, and by. On Monday, I was starting to miss my phone. It didn't help that, when I missed my bus in the morning, I had to wait a half hour in the freezing cold for the next one. If I'd had a phone, I could have called a friend to get a ride!
Today I was able to pick up my phone from Olivia. Ripping opening that Canada Post bubble wrap was like Christmas come early. I played around with it a bit, trying to familiarize myself with the programming, getting the preferences set up to my liking, relishing its sleek appearance.
I saw the voicemail icon lit up, and I assumed it was something unimportant, and left it. Just awhile ago, for a study break, I decided to set up the mailbox and check my messages. Turns out I had four messages.
1. Message from Amy, the girl who usually drives me to life group. This was from last week, when we ended up not going because of the weather. No problem there, she had sent me an email as well to cancel.
2. Message from the Quebec-Ontario Work Exchange program I applied to. I sent in the application on January 30, and when I didn't hear back for almost two weeks, I assumed they just thought I was too crap and chucked my application. But they did call me! So I'm pretty psyched. I'm a little annoyed that I missed the call in the first place, but I guess it's sort of a blessing because I would have been mentally unprepared to answer this call.
3. Message from Jacqueline, inviting me over to hers and Bernice's place for birthday cake... last night. I missed frozen yogurt cake apparently. I am not pleased.
4. Somebody who called and hung up.

I am not a person who lives by the phone. I'm not some crazy popular girl whose phone rings off the hook, always getting invited to fun places, or chatting it up with friends. But there are always those few moments when phones make life that much better.
Oh yeah, and after the whole Rokr or Krazr dilemma, I ended up going with neither: I opted instead for the Samsung m500. I decided I don't really need fancy mp3 players or anything, since I just use a phone as a phone. I do have a camera now though, which is a first for me, and I am excited. I do believe purchasing a simple phone was a wise decision; complicated technological thingies and I do not go well together. I can't wait to go home and read the manual and find out how to put the microSD card in.