• "Cell Hell"
• Middle Age the Middleman
• Your Life Sentence
• Having A Child in College
• Finding Your Passion
• Old Friends
• Perfectionism
• Coach Henderson
• Breast Cancer

  

• Learning to laugh at yourself
• Making time for good friends
• Are you a perfectionist?
  Is that a good thing?
• Saying goodbye with a mother's special gift
• 'Empty Nest' doesn't have to mean 'emptiness'
• Dealing with frustration
• Getting through major disappointments

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LizLines on "Cell Hell"

Well, it has happened again...I lost my cell phone. I don't know about you but keeping up with that little four-inch piece of equipment causes me great duress. I find myself in the middle of an inner conflict: I don't want to be dependent on this little sucker but I am. I don't want it to rule my life, yet on some real level it does. I don't agree with having immediate access to anyone at anytime but I want it. And so the cycle goes.

What's worse is when one of my teenagers loses their phone! I will say that one of mine seems to be more adept at losing his than she is at losing hers. Suddenly not having the convenience of "checking in" is both frustrating and anxiety producing. (The fact that people say that kids can call you from anywhere and say that they are somewhere else is beside the point for today's message...)

There must be a "cell phone heaven" because it seems that no matter where you "think" that you may have left it and how sure you are that it will show up any day, it almost NEVER does.There must be a "cell phone heaven" because it seems that no matter where you "think" that you may have left it and how sure you are that it will show up any day, it almost NEVER does. So where do they all go? Does someone else begin using your phone? Do they throw it away? Or do they all go to some unidentified "special place" (like where socks go?)

As for me, my cell phone antics don't seem to end. Two incidents come to mind, dropping it in my coffee mug while reaching over to the glove compartment and falling from my lap while getting out of the car in the pouring rain at Dunkin Donuts and finding it hours later...totally smashed!

How about you? What have you done with your cell phone? I unofficially decided to check out the top ridiculous things that people do with their cell phones. Do these sound familiar? No. 1 Dropping it in water: toilet, swimming pool, lake, ocean or leaving it out in the rain. No. 2 Placing it on top of a vehicle and driving off . No. 3 Leaving it outside and even planting (or misplanting) it in the garden.

Losing your phone is only the beginning. Then it's all about "the plan". There are so many questions: Insurance or no insurance? Upgrade or no upgrade? New or rebuilt? Or if you prefer, there's always the option to buy the latest and greatest model at the latest and greatest price!

Of course there will always be people (like my husband) who ONLY replace their phone when the model is outdated or unserviceable. And those, like my friend Kris, who will carry her cell phone with cracked casing and unreadable screen until it no longer rings. For me, there seems to be a new story every several of months. I promise to do better.

But for now, gotta run, my (new) cell phone is ringing...

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