I forgots about my precioussss

Oh, I've been gushing about it on Twitter, but I forgot to mention it here. Over the weekend, my old cell phone decided to be a cheap bastard and started to give me trouble flipping it open and was visibly cracking (and well, it was only $24 when I bought it, so it was cheap). Then the outside display went all wonky on me, so I figured I better get a new phone before the phone broke completely and left me with nothing. Since it's a pre-pay/pay-as-you-go cell phone, I was worried about losing my phone number, but I was able to get a new phone and switch my number over to it.

Anyway, I got an LG Scoop. It looks like this:



I got the one on the far left. Isn't it pretty? Considering the $24 phone I had didn't even have a camera in it, nor could it play special ring tones, this is a serious upgrade for me. I can use a MicroSD card to play mp3's or transfer images to and from my computer. I can take pictures or videos and upload them online. And I even have an application that lets me use AIM so I can chat for real instead of doing the message forwarding thing (and given that I get unlimited texting on the plan I have, I'm all kinds of ridiculously happy about it). I've been so happy about having it, and I've been gushing about it to anyone who will listen. I fear soon I'm going to start cuddling it and calling it my precious.

...I am that much of a nerd, yes.

Anyway, if you have my cell phone number, it's still the same as it was last year. If you'd like to have my cell phone number for chatting/texting, then drop me a line here and I'll see about PMing you. :)

Writer's Block: Sick day

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It depends on what sort of sick I am. If I've got a headache or am otherwise in some sort of Terrible Pain(TM), I want to be left alone in a pitch black room with absolutely no sound. I'll just want to sleep forever, or until the pain goes away. However, if I'm sniffly, coughing, and/or running a fever, then bring on the juice, water, tissues, and lots and lots of snuggling.

If I've only got a mild cold, then I'll go to work (if I had a job, that is), but if I'm feverish or in debilitating pain, then chances are I am not leaving the bed for at least 24 hours.

Speaking of being sick, I'm currently checking on the kiddo every five minutes. The poor guy really has inherited the migraines that plagued his grandfater and me in childhood. One minute everything was hunky dory, and the next he started tantrumming because he couldn't quite tell me what was wrong. Finally, when I guess the pain got so bad he couldn't ignore it, he cried, held his head, and told me he was hurting. Another good thing is that he's not getting them frequently, again, like I used to. He had a bad one in August, but none before or since then - well, until today that is. The one godsend is that he doesn't seem prone to vomitting like I was as a kid. He's napping now after a dose of Tylenol, and he seems to be doing well. Of course, I still want to cry after watching my baby in pain. :(

It's a good thing soccer practice was canceled due to rain anyway because he certainly wouldn't be going after this headache. Next time he's at the doctor's I'll bring it up.

ETA: The kiddo is awake, eating, and feeling 100% better. We did his homework, and then he ate his dinner followed by a small snack (he's hitting a growth spurt). So, the Tylenol worked, and in talking to Mom, she said it sounds exactly like what I went through as a child with the migraines, only I could express myself a bit better than he can currently.