BLOG #21: About time I started missing my phone

Six weeks in, two to go, and I'm finally starting to miss a few things about my phone

1: Not being able to make private calls during the day at work

I had some really good news this week. The kind that makes you grin from ear to ear. All I wanted to do was share it. But it wasn't the kind of conversation I wanted to have at my desk and it would take longer to explain than I cared to spend in a phone box.

My friend suggested this might be an ok time to borrow a mobile phone. Mitigating circumstances and all that. Although I was desperate to share the news with my mum and dad, I was also determined not to cheat on this experiment. I'd just have to wait until I got home.

The day passed. So. Painfully. Slowly. I had such an adrenaline rush on the go that at one point I had to leave my desk to do a lap of Broadgate Circle to get some energy out of my system. Finally the end of the day came and I have never cycled home so quickly.

Having shared the news with the fam I wanted to continue the celebration. I was having a quiet night in because I had a big day at work the next day so I wasn't about to crack open the bubbly - especially as I was on my own - wow that would be really sad.

2: Loud music

So a small solo celebration calls for music. Normally when I'm on a high like that one I put some loud music on and prance around my room for a bit. Yeah I know, I'm so cool. Last year Stu noticed me doing this to pathetically tinny tunes from my phone and bought me a dock so I could listen to music in my room properly. But the dock has sat idle since the beginning of the experiment. This time I would have given my right arm to blast Muse out of it at full volume.

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WARNING - This next one is possibly not one for the boys
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3: Those useful reminders

Now I know I did a Maths degree but somehow counting 28 days still aludes me. An app on my phone used to give me the heads up. Not this month...