In Case You Were Wondering…

If you’re like me, someone who is frequently a klutz, then you probably can understand or slightly relate to the following story.

For breakfast this morning, My family and I went to Bob Evans. This location wasn’t our favorite one, but was convenient for the day. I was excited because this was the last weekend my whole family could spend together before the exciting day of August 28th. Well….as if my summer couldn’t get interesting, it did today. =) I ordered a nice, tall glass of water with lemon just before the main course. I’m the kind of person who loves to talk and have fun over a good meal. It just so happened that my brother’s were sitting across from me and I was showing my older brother my cool new background for my phone. I got the word ‘peace’ in Chinese symbols. I then wanted to show my younger brother the same thing. That’s when the worst thing happened. I somehow dropped my phone into the tall, glass of water with lemon!!! =(
I don’t even know how it happened. It’s like a blur now.  BLOOP…that sound horrifies me to this very moment! It was just floating in the cup for a good 10-15 seconds. My brothers started laughing their faces off at me. I could not believe it! I have never dropped my phone in water up until this point. It was terrible. I fished it out like any good fisherman would. I just stared at it…I was hoping it wasn’t the end of 3 month relationship.

The pink dots on the phone and battery mean water damage....not covered by insurance!

Those keys were useless for about a good 3 hours

So later in the day I went to the Verizon store. The guy was very helpful. He didn’t exactly give me good news but the fact that he actually tried to helped was nice. He even asked me about MVNU! =) He suggested that I try the ‘Rice Remedy’. I was skeptical. He said that I should put phone in a bag of rice for a couple hours because the rice will absorb the moisture. “Hahahaha” was my first reaction. He gave me another option, buying another phone which was priced at $300. So at that point, the rice wasn’t sounding too bad.

So the point behind this post is that, if ever your phone, or your whole texting life, or your primary most important means  of communication, ever becomes engulfed in liquid…rice works!!! My phone has not only risen from the dead, but it is slowly but surely functioning like normal. That a girl!!!

instead of a plastic bag, I found a plastic container to be more reliable

funny thing is...some of those rice pieces were wet..and the napkin at the bottom actually caught some water

nothing good ole 'rice in a bowl' couldn't fix ;P

Add a comment August 17, 2009

The End of Summer

As time slowly ticks by, I find myself desperately trying to find something to kill the time. I put in my two weeks at work recently, so that will end very shortly. I figured I needed a break before school to do…well absolutely nothing. Plus work was rough. But in a more positive light, I think I learned a lot from it. I learned how to work and interact with very difficult people. I learned how to speak up if there was a problem. Being a cashier, I got to see a lot of different human and non-human personalities. Boy, was that fun. And I learned how to stare my boss in the eye and say, “I Quit!!!” =) Working at Giant Eagle wasn’t bad but it was definitely just for a season. I hope to get an internship next summer doing something at least slightly relevant to my intended career.

I didn’t really do anything amazingly fantastic this summer. My family and I still want to try to squeeze in a visit to the Creation Museum before school starts. I’ve heard great things about it.  I love Ken Ham and his books. At one point I got so into Ken Ham and what he does that I wanted my major to be Christian Apologetic. Until, of course, I found that it’s not really a major. But lucky me, it’s  a required course for my major. That is exciting.

Well the good thing this summer is I have brothers. I mean, I’ve always had brothers. =) But this summer they knew I was going off to college so they made sure we tried to have some sibling fun. My brother’s and I played a lot of Rockband, Madden, College Football/Basketball, Wrestling, Splinter Cell etc. But I’m not the type to stay in all day. My brothers and I played volleyball and basketball. We saw a lot of movies this summer. One that stands out is Transformers. Wow, the length of that movie hinders my rating of it. =) Nonetheless, it was acceptable. Now they’re coming out with a GI Joe movie, which, in my opinion, is a watered down version of Transformers.
We’ve gone to Gameworks in Easton and went to dinner countless times. We even work out together if we’re all up.
Having two brothers is fun and adventurous. I can’t believe how all grown up we are. Thank goodness for pictures, because I need to keep remembering when my younger brother was actually shorter than me.

My mom and I have done a lot of shopping! I have way to many clothes. I’ve even donated three bags to Goodwill already. I’m addicted to worded or colorful tees and polo’s. It’s ridiculous. But I don’t really shop too much. I shop if I have a purpose, but not if I’m bored. I believe that I might be in denial. =)

It’s sad because football season isn’t in the summer. I really want to see Tim Tebow, the quarterback of Thee University of Florida, play in his last season. I want to take my mom with me because she has only ever seen OSU sports, being an alumni. She never really embraced OSU, or was never embraced being a commuter. She says it was like being a ghost. No one saw you and no one remembered you. She really likes how MVNU goes out of their way to make the commuters feel like they actually go to the school. My mom carries little to no memorabilia or even happy memories of OSU. I think it’s exciting for her because I’m not commuting and will probably have way more memories and fun times than she was able to have.

Move-in Day will probably be the highlight of my summer. I’m excited. I’m still communicating with my roommate and continue to meet more really cool people. At times I feel like a little kindergartner preparing for their first day of school. I picture a little kid with their eyes bulging, bouncing around with a book bag bigger than they are.  The excitement of seeing the big yellow bus come around the corner  is unbearable. Luckily in college the idea of a bus is finally gone. But that excitement remains. I guess I finally realized that I’m kind of nervous too, but I don’t want to think about it until I actually get to school.

The summer is almost over and I’m ready to begin the next chapter. Hopefully I will try to find something to catch my excitement for the last couple of weeks.

Peace, Love, and Happiness

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