Tech Glitches and Missed Calls

Apparently my potential new boss tried to call me three times last night and I missed them all because my cell phone is old, and persnickety. I had the ringer turned off because I had been at church yesterday morning and had forgotten to turn it back on again. Now, my phone also has reception issues at times and I just got a call from someplace that says (No Number) so I can't call them back.....

Also, I realize that my laptop is a couple of years old, and I should expect a few glitches here and there but when certain bits of the hardware quit working it is still annoying. My CD/DVD drive has not worked for about six months now and it is annoying but I can deal with that. But sometimes my SD Card Reader decides it won't work either and that's severely annoying when I am trying to get pictures downloaded from my digital camera to my laptop so I can edit and share them with friends and family.

I also had a recent glitch with my car which is a 1997 Toyota Carolla, but that's not really the point. Apparently when my friend backed it out of the driveway for me she put the emergency brake on. Since I don't use that particular equipment unless I am parked pointing up or down a fairly steep hill, I didn't think to check it before going on my merry way to meet my friends at the local roller skating rink. I heard a strange noise a couple of times but thought I'd rolled over something and discounted it. Then on the way home I notice the brake light on my dashboard is on..... Oh great, more to worry about on my new baby. So I tell my friend when I get home and she thinks I meant my brake lights as in the ones that flash when I hit my brakes..... Well, I was talking to another friend, and my grandfather and both suggested I check not only my brake fluid, but also make sure my emergency brake was not on. So yesterday I drove my car to church and when I got in to start her, lo and behold the emergency brake had been set. I unset that brake and the brake light on my dash magically doesn't come on but for a moment like all the lights do when I start the car...... Now I feel really stupid, but at east I didn't get the car to the mechanic and find that out.

Anyway, the phone issue will be solved very soon as well. I ordered my new smart phone on Saturday and I am really happy because it is a rather popular one and I've been waiting patiently to upgrade for quite some time now. The store didn't have any, but they ordered it for me and said it should come in somewhere between 7 and 14 business days. I had them ship it to the store because I do not trust the neighborhood where I live for something that expensive and popular not to disappear. So, I am waiting for the e-mail telling me my new phone has shipped, and the follow-up to that which tells me my phone is ready to be picked up. I can't wait to get all my apps in order and start playing about on my shiny new phone. I am going to buy a case for it though because I don't want my new phone all scratched up. Right now I just want it to ship and get to me!