Coons and Phones

Oy...what a day it has been! More like, what a 24 hour period it has been (I feel like I'm stealing your title Kasee!).

Last night I was sitting on our back porch, doing one of my most favorite things to do, star gazing. My cat, Itty-Bitty, was walking around behind me. I thought I heard something moving to my left, thought it was my cat, but nope she was right beside me. I then just thought I was being paranoyed, hearing things, because I am somewhat really terrified of the dark. So I go back to my star gazing when out of the corner of my eye I see a creature...I turn and look...it was a big ole coon! We both just sat there and stared at each other for a few seconds. Then I screamed a little bit and yelled, "Get out of here...Satan!" (you will only understand that if you have seen the Iron Giant). That was enough star gazing for me for the night.

Apparently, I have discovered, I have some effect on all technology...it breaks when placed into my hands! My laptop has been acting weird lately (it likes to lock up ALL the time!), my Wii remotes refused to work this morning, and my cell phone has become somewhat spastic the past few weeks. For one, it was a "certified pre-owned" phone...never never never NEVER buy a certified pre-owned phone. Just fork out the money and buy a brand new one so you have a much better chance of receiving a phone that works. I have had this phone for 6 months and it has done funky stuff since then. The past few weeks, however, it has started randomly restarting. I could be in the middle of a conversation, texting, someone may call me, or it could just be sitting idly by... well today it restarted and it wouldn't come back on. I hate to admit it, but I am one of those people who can't seem to live without her phone. If it's by choice it's great, but when it's not...no way Jose, can't handle it! It may have had something to do with the fact that I was in the middle of a conversation with Zach when this happened, but anywho! So I went to our local Verizon store for an hour while she talked to customer service, cleaned my phone like it was "brand new", and sent me on my merry way promising it would work. 3 minutes later (no kidding, not even a full 3 minutes) it restarts. So I went back, she called them again, they are sending me a replacement (another "certified pre-owned" that has been "fixed"), and I am temporarily using my old phone that has bling-bling thanks to my cousin Kady.

I realized during this cell phone mess just how silly it is to get so upset and frustrated over a phone...Francesca Battistelli was singing straight to me...in the middle of my little mess, I forget how big I'm blessed. So true. I'm glad God gave me a moment to step back and realize what is really important in life, and how incredibly blessed I am!