Snafu

Having grown up in the military I became family with the term "snafu" while a young child. It stands for "situation normal, all fouled up." I've recently had a snafu with my cell phone.

A couple of Fridays ago I was removing my cell-phone from my pocket as I entered the bathroom. I've always been paranoid that I'll drop my cell-phone in the toilet. Well, as I was removing my cell-phone it squirted right out of my hands.... into the toilet.

Verizon was very kind in allowing me a replacement phone which they promptly sent to my home via Fed-Ex. I then traveled across town to get it activated and to send the old, water-damaged phone back to Verizon. Later that day we discovered that the phone was defective as it could not send or receive text messages, a major form of communication for my family. So, after a 35-minute call with tech support, they agreed and then send me another phone overnight. Another trip across town and another trip to Fed-Ex to send them the defective phone.

Fed-Ex sells office supplies. While we were waiting there, S took pictures of several post-it notes that tickled her sense of humor and mine. The pictures didn't turn out very well, however. So I'll just share the sentiments on the post-its:

-- I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was going to blame you.

-- I meditate. I burn candles. I drink green tea... ...and I still want to smack someone.

-- Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas!

-- Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.