When did my phone become so important?

I almost can't remember a time that I didn't have a cell phone. It was a different world when I was young. Slower, and more thought out you had to plan your day as well as your week. Going over to spend the night at a friends house was a major ordeal planned days in advanced. Phone calls were made the day before to make sure all the arrangement were O.K.ed by both parents.



Thinking back I also remember a time when my grandparents were living with us. The phone was not to be touched durning certain times of the day. My grandfather was a paramedic and was on call, it seemed like to me, all the time. I had to walk down to A&W Root beer, two blocks away to make a phone call. Now, back then a phone call cost 20 cents and the phone booth didn't give change for a quarter so I had to make change at the A&W or be out a nickel. The good thing was you could talk forever because there was not time limit on your call.

Now my world has changed. My cell phone is a piece, a very important piece, of me. It is with me all the time, with out it I feel naked and exposed to the world around me. I don't use my cell that much in fact I almost never text. Still, this small gray box is always there. Maybe it's a security blanket so I'm in touch just in case. I think I would miss my right pinkie finger less than the thing that interrupts my day and my sleep.



Now the cell phone as taken over my life. I have it with me all the time like its a part of me. To be with out my trusty cell would mess up my entire day. Thinking would be almost impossible. I even use the alarm to wake me up in the morning. It might be easier to loose my right arm.