April 26, 2014
7:22 p.m.

Okay, so I didn't post for a few days--again. At least it wasn't fifteen days like last time! Ha ha! I am feeling better, but I still have an annoying cough and my voice still sounds like I've smoked for the last forty years. Yuck!

I was watching an internet show called "Source Fed" the other day, and they had a piece about women with low, sexy voices. That would be me right now: low, gravely--so sexy. And in three days I have an interview for a job where I must have a great phone voice. This should be tres interesting! Ha ha!

April has gone by in a blur for me. I think I slept through half of it, bit not in a good way. In a oh-my-God-I-am-so-sick way. Not a fun month. Four of my grandchildren have had their birthdays, and I had to text instead of call because I couldn't talk. Sad, sad, sad. So funny, my granddaughters all respond quicker to a text than a call, anyway. What is this world coming to?

Cell phones and devices are all good things, I think, but I have to say that I don't believe they should be allowed at the dinner table at home or in restaurants. It makes me sad to see a family in a restaurant all seated around the table, forks in one hand and cell phones in the other. No one is discussing their day, no one is laughing--at least not together. It's crazy to me.

My son has finally managed to get me hooked up with a cell phone. I did actually use it the other day to call the doctor and ask for a prescription for my allergies. That was only because my house phone service was out temporarily, though. So, I have to admit that it was handy to have it at that particular time. For the most part, I will probably never use it. When I'm not home, I don't really want people calling me. I'm out. Out of the house, out of touch. Just like in the olden days.

I'm not a technophobe, really I'm not. I spend a lot of time on the computer, and I love the darned thing. I edit pictures, make cards, play games. So my reluctance to have a cell phone really has nothing to do with that. I just don't like talking on the phone in public. I also don't like listening to other people talk on the phone in public. My conversations are personal to me, and I don't care to share them with others. I don't care to hear the man on the bus having a fight with a significant other about her/his infidelity, either. People complain that they don't have any privacy, but these are the same people who are discussing their sex lives within earshot of thirty other people. It makes no sense to me.

So...cell phones in public. Thoughts, please?

Over and out!