I went home to Arkansas for the weekend and while my parents were taking me to the airport (30 minutes away) I discovered I had left my phone back home in Conway. We were too far gone to turn around, plus I was already pushing it on time. (Once I arrived at my gate I sat down and before I could even warm my seat they started boarding) It has been very odd not having a phone, its now Tuesday and its been gone since Sunday. It will hopefully arrive tomorrow. Times when I have felt the need/desire for its presence...
-Calling my parents when I got home from the airport (luckily Elissa was there so I used her phone)
-Driving to work (just in case I have a flat tire)
-Shazam! songs I don't know while driving to work (luckily 91.7 has a list of the songs they have played throughout the day so I can look them up)
-Walking to UPS store (just in case somebody needs to reach me, I mean there could be an awesome estate sale, this has happened before)
-Alarm for the morning
-Look whats going on on Twitter & Facebook
-Looking up random trivia while watching TV
-Call Michelle to bug her about the woes of my life
-Call Mom to ask her how she cooks fresh green beans
-Text random things to random friends, like 'I'm bored'
-Constantly check my phone to see if anyone has desired to communicate with me
It's kinda been nice not having it. I have missed it, but then also a weight of responsibility is lifted when you really cannot get in touch with people and they really cannot get in touch with you. It's freeing, but not freeing enough to want to throw my phone away. Maybe just to realize its okay if its not always at my side. I wonder if anyone has called me, it might be a little disheartening if I get my phone back and there are no missed calls or texts. But then hey that is less people I have to call back.
Also, its been interesting to wonder what I would do in different situations. Such as, driving to work and getting flat tire, hopefully I dressed cute enough for some dude to pull over and help me or let me use his phone to call someone. I have realized I do have some numbers memorized, but then maybe there are others I should keep on me just in case. Because the only numbers I have memorized are my friends from elementary school, my house phone (mind you thats in Arkansas), and Elissa's cell phone. Last night at Wal Mart I was putting my groceries in the trunk and wondering if I accidentally locked my keys in the trunk maybe I could walk up to some random person and ask to use their cell phone, however they may think it was some sort of con. Then I decided I could go back inside to Wal Mart and ask the checker-outter dude that checked me out in all meanings of the word (he told me I was pretty as I left. Thank you random guy for a pick-me up! I was even in work-out attire so this was a definite plus!) and ask him if I could use his cell phone or if he knew of a pay phone. Then I could hang out with the ladies that are always sitting outside on the benches eating McDonald's and talking about the latest gossip "Oh giiirrrllll, did you hear about....". But alas, I held onto my keys while closing my trunk.
Sincerely,
Miranda
