I Got a Phone!

Whoohoo! I finally came out of the dark ages and entered into the 21st Century. I know, I know...I'm late but I guess I'm just a stickler. What can I say?

So I got the LG VX5200 (how do they come up with these names?) which is nicer that I had planned on. There was a really good deal with the plan and the guy (I can trust him....right?...) told me that this was a much better phone than the one I had planned on. I'm in a family plan with my mom - we each get 350 minutes which will be plenty for me. My sister wants to get one but doesn't want to fork over the dough. I kinda wish she would because it would make my monthly bill a little cheaper, but I don't blame her for not doing it - it's a drain on the monthly paycheck for sure.

Yeah, so I already locked myself out of the phone and had to call customer support and get the guy to unlock it for me. I was just playing around with the different features and saw the lock button. I figured this was like some sort of "keyguard" so I pushed it and it said locked. "That was easy!" I thought to myself, pushing the unlock button. Then a screen popped up saying, "Enter unlock code". Ahh crap. I tried a bunch of different numbers but nothing worked. I looked in the manual and it said that the default code was "0000" but that didn't work! So then I resorted to calling the customer service people. I think I heard the customer service guy suppress a giggle when I told him I had just bought the phone a couple hours before and already locked myself out of it (it wasn't my fault!) but he knew exactly what to do and the crisis was resolved in just a couple minutes. Usually I am pretty good with electronics...(really, I am....I swear!)

Not that any of you will ever need to call me (and you are not allowed to call me if you don't have Verizon! Just kiddin!) but my new number is 319-290-2237.

P.S. - look closely at the picture. The poor Verizon guy has been making too many "Can you hear me now?" calls and has developed a brain tumor. See the complete story here.