New Technology

The day after I arrived in New York, still reeling from the people and noise, I went to a Verizon store and bought my first cell phone. You can't survive here without one.
I've had that same phone ever since. It was getting to be time to get a new one, plus Joe and I wanted to get on a family plan together. We figured we would wait and do it in California, in case we specifically needed a California plan. I thought it would be very fitting for me to buy a new phone the day after I arrived in San Francisco.
Unfortunately, Joe's phone did not agree with my cosmic alignment. It decided to die yesterday (see the Chaos Theory below for an idea of why). There was no reason for him to get a new T-Mobile phone if we were just going to switch, so yesterday we ran to the Verizon store and signed up.
My new phone is sooo pretty. It takes pictures! And video! When Joe calls me, I made a picture of a hamburger pop up! And it was FREE!
Yes, my $150 phone was free because I re-signed with Verizon. Joe had to pay a little for his flashy black phone because he's not technically a customer, just an add-on line to my account, and of course he wanted a fancy-ish one. But he got all that fun stuff too.
Both of our phone numbers stay the same, which is awesome. It's cheaper, and free for calls between us. The only annoying part is that free minutes still don't start until 9 pm. Which, once we're in CA, is midnight on the east coast (though Joe's mom, Jen, and many of our other friends have Verizon anyways, so it doesn't matter) and 11 pm in Wisconsin. Guess I'll be calling home on weekends more often.