I am talking about my freaking new phone case. I had one that was open face and on the back a flip flap for my credit cards. It was super easy to use, fit in my bra nicely, not all bulky and silly. I have had it for quite some time. But (isn't there always a but...shovel list) every time something barely brushed past it, it would turn on. And due to my settings which I am NOT changing, it often won't go off. When I tuck it in to my bra it would turn on...and get hot. So time for a new case with a cover, like a wee book.
When I went to Amazon I was shocked at the prices!!! Phone cases used to go for ten to twenty bucks and the twenty ones were considered expensive. Well now the majority of them are from 30 to 60!!! What the hell???!!!
I knew what I was after...had them before. I resigned myself to spending twenty. Grrrrr...and it had to be light coloured so I could find it in my very disorganized chaotic house. And then...there it was!!! A kind of humble sparkle pink, exactly what I was after. It even had extra stuff and room for paper money and receipts etc... And I thought, this is it!!!! If it's fifty then thats what I am paying. I then looked at the price of this perfect case...nine....read that again...nine dollars. I thought it was a mistake!!!!! How? Why? I didn't trust the number so I went to the reviews and they raved about it. Well then that's a done deal for sure.
It arrived the next day and it was exactly as described. I transferred my cards over, popped the phone into the case and tried to get the inner magnet on the drop down flap to click. Tried again. And again. Nope. Took some little bit not necessary cards out to make it a tad thinner and I got it to snap shut. But now, two days later, it keeps flapping open. The magnet isn't very strong.
And there is a skinny strap on the backside that comes around and snaps into the receiving hole on the front. That takes a three step squeeze here, push there and pinch up there before it snaps in. Not only that, every time I shove it into my bra it all becomes unsnapped and flappy. It is driving me nuts! I don't think it's going to be long before I put the phone back in the old case, which I was smart enough to hang onto. I have been very tempted to pitch the damned thing across the room. That old adage....you get what you pay for keeps coming to mind. Sigh.
I guess what amazes me is how something as simple, but necessary and in every inch of your life can have so much power over your day. And once you give in, at least I am like this, to the negative, it grows exponentially out of control. My mom taught me a million years ago that if you are busy and there is a ways to go before you can stop, no matter how tired you are, the moment you say you're tired, you've lost. What little mojo you had left will disappear. Once admitted it wins.
I watch lots of that show 'Naked and Afraid'. The participants are definitely under the gun, thirsty, lack of easy sleep, hungry as hell and either way too hot or freezing. And some of them just bitch and moan and whine about it. Consequently you really are going to be hungry, tired, cold etc...Now and then, usually a male contestant I am sorry to say, will actually mention this to the negative Nancy that he has been paired off with. Toughness is mental. No doubt about it.
Well time to go eat something. I have basically quit cooking dinners. I eat way less that way. So thats it for today's post. TFL and TTYL
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