Cell Phone Humor

I have been working to much. Actually, let me rephrase, I have been MADE to work too much. Not that I'm complaining. I often dreamed of the days after college when I would be asked to work 10 hour days and weekends with no over time. Please note the sarcasm here. All humor aside, I am very thankful for my job and the people in my life BECAUSE of my job. I would not have met and married Chad had it not been for my current company.

So today, in what I like to refer to as day 11 of the Reset Project seige, I got a laugh. It was much needed because I feel like my eyes are going crossed from staring at a computer screen. My friend, C, asked me how many text messages my other friend (and our coworker), R's daughter had sent out the previous month. R's daughter is in her tender teenage years, by the way. C, obviously in awe of the answer, answered the question himself. It was something crazy, like 6700 or something. I was appalled. I didn't know that you could have a phone with that much capability or fingers that would not be permanently damaged from that much texting. Obviously I don't have an iPhone. Anyway, that discussion (because all of us are old enough to remember when texting did not exist and we just picked up the LAND LINE and called our friends) led to reminescing about our old phones. Namely these:

1. The bag phone. My dad had one and carried it tenderly with him inside every night from his work truck. It had a black faux leather bag and weighed approximately 35 lbs. I thought he was soooo cool because he had a cell phone.

2. The Zack Morris phone. Saved By the Bell. Kelly, Zack, Screech, Slater, AC, and Jessie. All kids way too cool for school in their mini dresses and white Keds. I too, sported white Keds. And some neon color schemes. Anyway, Zack's phone was what made him, well, ZACK. He always had it with him, be it at school or at the Max. It only weighed 15 lbs and caused minimal neck trauma. And it caused Zack to get detention.

3. The "Car" Phone - Remember the cars that came with the phones installed already? They were on these pedastal like stands that were made of completely unbendable plastic. My grandmother had one in her car and I thought she was very ritzy and chic. I honestly believe that having that car phone installed raised the price of your vehicle by 45%. But hey, you had a BUILT IN PHONE.

Can you tell I'm overworked? I just wrote a rather long post on the history of the cell phone. Pray for me.