Buh-rrrrrrrrinnng!

For a person who tries very hard to keep up with technology (bought a laptop, joined Facebook, started a blog, created Yahoo groups), I have been resistant to getting a cell phone.  I used to joke that I was the last surviving person who had neither acquired a cell phone nor been to Disneyworld.  They my daughter became pregnant again and I realized it was essential that she be able to reach me at any time, at any place.  So I bought a "disposable" cell phone.  I learned how to use it, and after the baby was born, put it away.  I wrote here about getting that first phone.  Now with two expectant daughters-in-law, one of the tasks on my February goal list was "get a cell phone."  The place where I'd bought the first one no longer sells the minutes needed to put on it.

So today I went up to The Mall and visited a couple of cell phone stores.  There are no fewer than four and prolly five different cell phone stores at our mall.  And the ones I passed had gobs of people in them.  I couldn't figure that out.  I imagined they'd all just come back from Disneyworld.

So I bought one.  It cost $20 and came loaded with $10 worth of minutes.  I bought some more.  I can get more by going back to The Mall or even directly through the phone somehow.  Then I came home and used it to call my sons and give them the number.  

Joe says that I'll use it more than I think.  He might be right.  I'll be happy to have it when I drive out to White Oak next month.  And I can think of a few more times it might come in handy.  If I remember I have it.

So I'm back to keeping up technologically.  But please don't expect that I'll Tweet.