On life support

Rest in peace little Motorola flip phone. You did good.

My five-year-old Motorola cell phone is slowly dying. I've known this for a month. Two weeks ago things looked to be improving when it could hold a charge for more than a day. Must have been a blip as now its capacity to hold any kind of charge is 12 hours max.

It's on life support. In order for it to work I've got to plug it in on a regular basis. This is no way for a cell phone to live out its remaining days. I realized this morning enough was enough and it was time to take action on the cellphone front. 

Old cheapo here (meaning me) bit the bullet and bought a new phone. I went to my current cell phone provider and had abysmal results. System was down. Told to come back later. Customer service lacking. I immediately had flash backs to five years ago when I had to replace my old phone because of a malfunction. I remember getting horrible customer service then. Things haven't changed in five years.

Getting all huffy, I went to the mall, talked to a discount cell phone provider, walked out with a smartphone and no contract. No contract! Yay for me. The last time I signed a contract I swore no more contracts. Contracts are horrible and I no longer wanted to be a slave to them, despite the carrot any cell phone company dangled in front of me.

So now I've got a new phone that doesn't require me to press a phone button multiple times in order for me to text. I may be able to text like a pro. Or not. But at least I will be able to text without swearing under my breath.