My boss was lamenting her "moron-ness" (yes, her word) earlier today and I decided I'd let her in on the fact  that I occasionally have major problems myself as evidenced clearly by Saturday's escapade. Since I took the time to type the whole thing out, I figured I might as well post it here as well. Maybe we can all share and see who wins the "Queen of Moron-ness" award. Gena tried to pull Jen into the whole thing as well, but she quickly set us straight. She's the goody-goody non-moron. Gena thought that was me but she was wrong! I totally qualify for the moron-pool....

So....I'm getting my freebies on Sat. (ds and dh are bringing more so I'm not done yet! ) and, apparently, got so over-excited that I lost my brain. My cell phone would NOT work. It was totally weird. Wouldn't turn on at all. And I'd just used it the afternoon before. I kept pushing the button and - nothing! Decided the battery must be totally dead so I plug it into the car charger. Still nothing. Great! My relatively new phone is not working. So...I'm frustrated, but can't be sidetracked from my FREEBIES. I do decide I'll stop in at the phone store when I'm done. (I live out of town and won't be back for a week or so, otherwise) I finally head to the phone place at 3:30 to find they close at 3 on Sat. Bummer. WalMart is across the street so I go in there, thinking I'll find a pay phone to check in at home and try and call my son who is in town and could be forced to go through Albertson's and get me more free stuff. Bwahaha!

No one picks up either phone so I decide to go drool over the ipods since I'm there. I run into a friend and lament my phone problem. He suggests taking the battery out and putting it back in. I try that. No luck. Now, this was probably a "God thing" because the sale shirts that I got for $3 for my dh were right there! Anyway, I head out, do the battery thing again. Decide to try the charger again "just cuz." Well, as I pull out the little cord on the charger, I notice that the charger came out enough not to be "engaged" (the little light went off). So I plug the phone in and push the charger all the way in. It says "charging"!!! I'm delighted.

 So, I have it plugged into the charger and try to call home. Still won't work. I think, "that's weird, I thought you could use them if they were plugged in." Decide maybe it does that if you run the battery ALL the way down or something. Continue on with my errands, try the phone again. Still no luck. Shortly, the phone says,"charging complete". (Hmmm...seems like it charged pretty quickly for being totally dead) I Try to use the phone again and it STILL won't work. I've now been worrying over this phone all day. I make my last store trip, sit in my van and the "lightbulb" comes on! I'VE BEEN PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON!!! All day long! There is NOTHING wrong with the phone - never has been. Battery wasn't even dead. When you open it, you push the red button to turn it on. That's stupid. Should be the green button (which is what I was pushing). Still....I've had the phone for a couple of months, use it pretty regularly and have NEVER had this problem before. Kind of scary, actually. I mean, what does your brain do? Just take a temporary leave, or what??

So, count me in on the Moron club. I can probably even be president. At least the stupid phone store was closed so I didn't look like a total moron in public. Sheesh!

So, anyone wanna try to beat that?