A day out without kids

Shopping without the kids, but still needed their input on my new cell phone purchase.

I was excited the other day to have a few hours to myself. It was my favorite time of day, early morning. I went grocery shopping while the kids were in school. I parked the car and ventured inside to do my shopping.

I wandered blissfully throughout the store. I read ingredients on packages that I wouldn’t normally take the time to read. I am usually like the Road Runner, in and out at the blink of an eye.
By the time I finally left the grocery store, I wandered not so blissfully through the parking lot. I had forgotten where I parked. This would have been a good time to have the kids with me. My adventure didn’t end there.

It was time to purchase a new cell phone. I believe God give all of us a special gift, mine is not technology savyness, if there’s such a thing. The salesperson showed me the Smart phones. I told him I didn’t care whether my phone was smart or not, I just needed it to do basic functions.

The sales guy demonstrated the phone for me then let me play with it. As I navigated through the touch screen, I tried to type the word ‘hi’ but I typed ‘ho’ instead. I didn’t get that phone. Again, if my kids had been with me they would have directed me to a phone they know I could handle.

I went to a different store later that day to check out their variety of phones and rates. My favorite manager, Jeff, was there. He knows me by name because I always try to get a bargain when I go there. Jeff started telling me about all the different phones, “there’s the Epic, the Evo, this one has 4g…” What I heard was, “lions and tigers and bears oh my.”

I called my son and asked him which phone he thought I should get. He said,” Get the Evo.” I got the Epic 4g. Not because I wanted to do the opposite of what he said, well maybe I did. Payback. However, I do like the Epic because the screen is bigger.

I have my new phone safe in hand, but I’m still learning to work all of the features. If you need to reach me over the next few days it may be better to use a different source of technology. I refuse to spend time reading the manual right now. I’ll just keep asking the kids questions and learn by trial and error.

The next time I venture out without the kids, perhaps I’ll do something fun.

Have you had any big adventures without the kids?
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