15 October 2010

A sign of aging?

One of the best things about living in New England is that I got Columbus Day off of work and so did my boyfriend. We spent a very fun, but tiring, weekend up in VT visiting his aunt and her family. We had fun exploring, via car and walking, hence the tiring part. Just as we were getting in the car to come back to MA, I dropped my phone. I always drop my phone. Usually not from very high up or on carpet or another semi-soft surface, and it has somehow managed to survive. This time, I dropped it on a gravel driveway. Good-bye phone.

So Tuesday morning, I show my boss and a co-worker my very sad looking iPhone with it's very cracked screen. Ok, not just cracked, but the spider-web looking crack that you would normally see on windshields. I see the AT&T store opens at nine, which is the usual time for me running out to get coffee (I've been at work since 8, so I need coffee). I grab my coffee and run across the street to the replace the phone.

Now, my two year contract with AT&T is up in Dec. and I was planning on upgrading the phone then, but I was torn. Do I stay with the iPhone or do I convert to a Droid? I thought I had two months to figure it out...nope...now.

I went with a Droid. I'm not going to tell you the model, just because I don't want any comparisons...so there.

We had problems connecting to each other from the start. Which shocked me really, because I have always been able to adapt really quickly to a new piece of technology. I think technology is fun, they are toys, and I can make them do anything!!! Bwhahaha....*ahem*...nope. Not this time. Getting older sucks. I now know what my mom feels like when she is trying to use something as simple as the new version of excel....

After a few days, I got most of the little issues out of the way and was thinking that I might stay with the Droid. Then last night, I used the phone to surf the web. I hated my phone. HATED it. Out of all the bells and whistles...it was the browser that let me down. I had gotten so used to a search bar being available from any website I was on. It's not just the iPhone's fault, my computer has a toolbar that does the same thing. I need that search bar. I refuse to change....

I'm getting older...please note not old...just older. I refuse to change. It's not that I can't change...I am just refusing to. There is something out there allows me not to change, so I'm going back to it.