cell phone blues

Yesterday I lost my cell phone somehow, and I was shocked to find out how lost that made me feel. I'm sure it's partly due to my dependency on my phone as a watch and alarm clock, and that my feelings of panic this morning when I still couldn't find it can be chalked up to morning disorientation and the like, but it's still true that I am too dependent on my cell phone.

It has my only timekeeping device (other than my laptop), my sole functioning alarm clock (very important), and my only non-laptop source of contact data for friends and family. More than that, it's my lifeline. If I get lost or bored or confused, I can just call someone with my handy pocket-phone. But I know people who do just fine without cell phones. Melissa at work doesn't have a cell. Actually, she might be the only one I can think of.

So maybe I've only now come to realize that I'm just like everyone else in this. Oh well. In September, I get a shiny new one!

6 May 2007 entered