Pain in the Neckia

For the past several months I have a had really bad luck with my cell. Last February I got a new cell. I was pretty excited because I had my old phone for several years and I was offered a free upgrade. I picked out a shiny silver flip phone (my first) with some fun features. Then it broke. I didn't do anything, and it broke. Seriously. I'm not one of those people who throws their phone around, runs over it with a Hummer, and then drops it in the toilet a time or two and tells the phone company that they can't imagine why the phone didn't last. It just broke. One day I picked it up to make a call and there was a huge crack! I promptly brought the phone back to the store where I got it and the girl told me there was nothing she could do even though I'd had the phone for less than 60 days. What!?!?! So I went to another store and they said they could replace it. Whew! Happy again...until another couple months passed and my phone mysteriously cracked again. I was annoyed. I didn't really feel like reentering all of my #'s and info and I didn't want to lose my fun ring tones (Starship and Johnny Cash), so I super glued it. Three times. The phone totally rebelled and cracked beyond my gluing abilities. So I went back and fortunately they replaced the phone again. Well, you can imagine my disgust when last week I picked my 3rd phone up to make a call and discovered an enormous crack. How can a $200 phone be so worthless. I went back and much to my relief, they replaced my phone...with a different brand!!!! It's not shiny and silver, but if it doesn't fall apart in the next 3 months, I'll be a happy girl. Needless to say, I will avoid purchasing or receiving as a free gift what I like to call the "crack" brand again. If you're wondering what brand it was, I never break and tell....but the title of this entry might give you a hint! At the end of the day, I'm very grateful that the situation worked out and that I didn't have to pay for the replacement phone or charger. It's nice to know God shows His love in everyday circumstances.