Cellphone Upgrade and Other Stuff

 Yesterday was the day that I got around to upgrading my cellphone. My Galaxy s10 was starting to get a little funky on me and off to the Verizon store to get a new phone. I forgot how much of a pain in the ass getting new phone can be.The Verizon store that I normally go to is usually pretty empty but my dad and I didn't exactly want to wait around until noon for the Verizon store closest to me to open at noon. So it was the next town over that was open a little earlier. That Verizon store was a little on the busy side. Maybe because people were taking advantage of the trade in deal. I know that my dad and I were taking advantage of the trade in deal to. The only caveat was that I had to upgrade my cellphone plan to a 5G plan. I am not a fan of paying at least $50 more per month and the whole cellphone business has gotten really stupid. No matter what carrier you go to, the plan alone isn't as cheap as they used to be. Cellphones aren't as cheap as they used to be. There was a time that you didn't have to buy your phone, let alone pay for an upgrade when it came time to renew your contract. Now you have to pay for your phone outright or a payment plan tacked on to your cellphone bill. Verizon is really starting to push these little add-ons. For an extra $10 per month, you can get a streaming subscription or whatever else is available. I do not watch videos on my cellphone. But my dad and I spent an hour and a half getting new phones and setting them up. My dad got a little confused when the bill came due. Yes, you have to pay a little something upfront when you get new phones. I am dreading the next cellphone bill due to activation fees.

The phones that my dad and I went with were the Samsung s24 phones. We are already familiar with the Samsung line. I could have gone with the Galaxy flip smart phone but I know that I would bust that in a half an hour since I am a retail employee and like most retail employees, I carry my cellphone in my back pocket. I am not thrilled with resetting passwords on my phone (I do tons of online shopping among other things) but I am enjoying a brighter screen and a bigger screen.

Since I am going in for surgery on Wednesday, I am trying to get as much done as I can before I go. Tomorrow is the day that I find out what time my surgery is and when I have to be there. In some ways, I hope that my surgery is really early. Early as in I have to be at the hospital at 5am. The reason is that most surgeries have the direction that you can't have anything after midnight. So I wouldn't be able to have a cup of tea before my surgery. I would only be able to have a sip of water when I take my medication. Only a sip because they want an empty stomach for surgery. The whole reason why I want to get as much as I can done now is that I won't be able to do it after my surgery.

Thus far, I have slowly been working through my way through my candle collection and current candle is the Bath and Body Works Diamond of the Season from their Bridgerton collaboration. Diamond of the Season is a dead ringer for Sunshine and Daffodils from Bath and Body Works. Since I am going to be off for a while, I can work on using up more candles. I have no idea on why I want to use up more candles if the Bath and Body Works Candle Day is coming up. I have enough saved up in gift cards to get 3 candles, maybe 4 if I play my cards right. But we shall see how that goes.