Phoneless - Day 3

By the end of the day, I had become tired of thinking about my options. Running through the various scenarios of "what if Samsung says I'm out of luck" or "how much money am I really willing to spend to replace my phone" was wearing on me. In fact, I had difficulty getting to sleep. I hate thinking that a simple act of trying to upgrade my phone's firmware could cost me so much money besides the headache. With the holiday season looming, we're tight already. And I had planned on asking my wife to spend very little on me this year so we could focus on the children. Now this.

The woes of a first world life, right? "How will I ever pass down the memories of early parenthood to my children without 720p video recordings? How will I check for the best prices on items while I'm shopping without a price checking app?" Hey, once my kids are clothed, fed, and sheltered it's time to kick things up a notch, right? Well, I can't do that without a smartphone. Or in my case a superphone.

My thought process may be flawed, but really I'm just trying to return to my version of "normal." It's normal to expect push notifications. It's normal to choose a different wallpaper every-other week. It's normal to have three different launchers so that when one crashes I can keep going on a similar (albeit less feature rich) application. It's normal to flash a new ROM on the weekend, especially when a new OS version is available. It's normal to choose from an array of options, variations and iterations so that I get an experience I have tailored myself. Or at least I think so.

Until I hear from Samsung, I'm afraid I must live abnormally wondering what is to become of all of the tweets, posts, status updates, checkins, youtubes, reddits, and lolcats I am missing in between the periods of time I sit in front of a tethered PC. When will the madness end?