A Drop. A Change. Issues Remembering.

Last night, I'm walking to my car while replying to a text on my phone. I push send, fumble with my keys, and then it happens... I drop my phone onto concrete and watch as pieces fly everywhere.

Seriously the worst slow motion scene to witness.

Ugh. I reassemble the sim card, battery, outside casing and turn my phone back on. Please be working!! The screen on the front of the "flip" turns on! YES! I see a new text waiting for me! Then I flip it open... and all I see is a white screen starring back at me. Oh gosh. 

So the front works but the main screen doesn't? Please no! I don't have anyone's phone number memorized other than my parent's home number! So, I call them to see if my phone is working. It is. I say hello. My dad says good luck. I say thank you and good bye. I see on the front "working" screen that I have another text. I think I know who it is from. Luckily I know how my phone works. I push the correct buttons to "view" the text and then press the call button. The call goes through. Explaining my predicament, I decide...

I must get a new phone. 

So... I do.

Now I have a new phone. It's a fairly good phone. Happens to be green and grey. Kinda cool. Kinda different. Something new. Something to get used to. This morning I didn't recognize the new alarm and woke up VERY late for work. That will have to get remedied somehow. For some reason it occasionally turns off randomly by itself. Not sure what that's all about yet. But the worst part about getting a new phone is...

I have lost all of the dates and events on my calendar.

This happens to be a big deal. You see, I have a significantly unreliable memory. And in fact, I use my phone calendar as my planner. But now I've lost it all. Of course I remember the important dates like when I am climbing Mount St. Helens in the summer and what my plans are for this weekend. But what about next weekend? I don't know! I have no idea if I've already made plans! And when am I supposed to watch Roscoe (my dog) for my parents when they go out of town? Its in April, but when?! And just last Monday some of my friends and I scheduled a bunch of events for the summer... but I don't remember what they are or when they are!

So, all of this to say, if I've scheduled something with you... if I've actually committed and said yes I'll be there... please let me know when and where I will be and what I'll be doing...

Because I just don't remember.

Thanks.