Congratulations and a new gadget

[wiseheart]

First and foremost: Happy Birthday, dear sallymn! I hope sis baked you a yummy cake for your big day. But here is a virtual one anyway:



In completely unrelated news, I've finally bought my first smartphone today. So far, I'm totally illiterate where the using of it is concerned, but I've managed to save a total of two phone numbers and made a snapshot of Mum (catching her in a very unflattering angle, so the pic will never see cyberspace), and that should be enough for a beginning. I'll visit Erna at school next week again and we'll try to figure out more functions, download some apps and the likes.

As we got up fairly early because we expected the techie to come, we were done in by the time he cancelled (they found the problem with the junction in the house, so he didn't have to actually come), we took a nice, long nap in the morning. After which I renewed my contract with Vodafone, resulting in the joyous fact that I could finally have the phone option, which we never used, removed - after a decade or so. Now I'll have to pay less, which is lovely, isn't it?

The afternoon was spent with the task of acquiring the smartphone, with the selfless assistance of Erna, without whom I'd never have managed to do it. She has such a nice, calm, unassuming art that makes salespeople actually want to be helpful; I'm just fretting around every time I have to do something I deem important. Coming home, we had a very late lunch and I basically collapsed with a small portion of caramel ice cream. Ice cream is balm for the weary soul.

Tomorrow promises to be fairly busy again, but only with simple, everyday activities that I'm used to and can manage. Who'd have thought that grocery shopping and cooking could be considered relaxing? Especially knowing how much I hate cooking...

Comments

[meathiel]

Welcome to the modern world! *giggles*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't be so mean to an old dinosaur!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the phone :)

I probably only use about 1/3 of the functions on mine but even so I do find it very useful.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) It's a good thing that practically everyone has one in these days, so there are plenty of people to ask for help.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I’m a bit glued to my phone like one of the kids. What I don’t do is take photos; it’s like I forget the phone has a camera! So I’m still one of the olds.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I expect it to be quite the learning process, but I'm trying to be optimistic. *g*

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I've had a smart phone for a few years now and I still only know how to take a picture, save a number, and look up my bus timetable. Oh...and I recently was shown how to access the light function.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to getting the various apps for the supermarkets work.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I love the cake, and no calories!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You are welcome! This is the very real mango cake that I baked a few weeks ago, and I assure you, it was absolutely yummy. With all the calories, though...😋

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay new phone!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I have the bad feeling that it is a lot smarter than I am, but I hope we'll learn to get along. *fingers crossed*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I think pretty much everything is smarter than me nowadays. :/

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new phone! You will love it!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Once I figure out how to use it...

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I got one a smartphone awhile back, it grew on me. It really is not that hard to use once you get used to it.