iPhone withdrawal win!!!

For the last 4 years or so, I've been a hard-core iPhone addict.  I got the original 2G when it came out, and about 2 years or so ago, upgraded to the 3G.  I didn't get the upgrade after that, because I was happy with what I had, and I passed on the iPhone4 as well.  Then, Scott got the iPhone4, which is super-fast, has a great(er)-ish camera, better video, more personalization and better graphics.  I realized all of a sudden, that it shouldn't take 20 seconds for texts to open.  I started feeling really impatient and petulant about my slow, laggy iPhone.  Wah.  Poor me!


 The phone I had before the iPhone was a Samsung, red, with a big screen (or what passed for big at the time) and was a decent phone.  My favorite thing about it was the noises that it made when you pressed the buttons.

Taken 1/3/11

It also comes with these cool frames for when you take cutesy pictures of your children.  It's been sitting in a drawer for the past 4 years.

Taken 1/3/11 in the shower.  hah!

Well, I got a wild hair, and figured since I was sooooo unhappy with my iPhone, that'd I'd save us some money, switch to an old-fashioned cell phone.  I'd delete the data package, and unlimited texting.  I'd just have a phone.  Luckily, I had the foresight to try it out for a few days before changing my plan.


Well, I thought I could do it...I really did...if only it weren't for having to press "6" 3 times to get an "O" then waiting 2 seconds to push the "6" 2 times to get an "N" in order to type the word "ON"

66 666  7777444777 777 33 33 33 33  2266622!!!**  

What a pain in the ass texting is with that kind of phone.  I lasted 48 hours and about 17 text messages before deciding that the 20 seconds I wait for texting to open, I definitely make up for when actually typing the words!!!  

Phew!  That was a close one.  One plus side to that 48 hours is that I discovered some super cute pictures of a very chunky Reina, and a sweet 3 year old Scott on that old phone.  Of course, there is no way to upload them to my computer, so I spent another 20 minutes texting the pictures to Scott, along with a text that once I switched the SIM card, could he please send them back to me so I could save them to my (awesome, wonderful, spectacular) iPhone.  So, here they are...the fattest, cutest sweetest baby and her awesome, funny, tall big brother, thanks to my "old-fashioned" cell phone.

Damn, I'm going to miss those cool sounds when you push the buttons!!!!




**NO SIRREEEE BOB!!!