Whoohoo!! I am now the owner of a shiny new cell phone! Since my last one was a work phone, I lost it when I got laid off and I’ve been wanting another. It wasn’t a huge priority until I discovered that my father’s been screening my calls. As I want potential employers to actually get a hold of me when they call, that jumped a cell phone up on my ‘things needed’ list. Then I got a ‘pre-approval’ letter from T-Mobile last week that offered me a free phone in exchange for a two year commitment. Kismet, right? I get what I already wanted and save two hundred dollars to boot. Works for me. This deal was especially gratifying to me because the last time I tried for a cell phone (Back when I had just gotten out of school, about three years ago), no one would touch me unless I ponied up a thousand dollar security deposit. I guess my credit has drastically improved since then.

In other news, I’ve had a weird couple of days. I was awake for a grand total of 36 hours straight over Tuesday and Wednesday…. and not by choice. Every time I tried to sleep, it just didn’t come. I tried warm milk, breathing exercises, counting sheep. Nothing worked. My brain just wouldn’t shut off. It’s not like I was stressed over anything, nothing more than the usual anyway. Finally, I broke down and resorted to beer therapy. I picked up some Brooklyn Brewery Monster Ale to enjoy. For you beer aficionados, it’s a barleywine style ale, very tasty and I highly recommend it. Half a beer later, I was nodding off. So I crawled into bed and slept beautifully.