Life as I knew it ended this morning. I woke up and reached for my Treo cell phone/pda to check the weather and my schedule before I jumped in the shower. I picked it up and realized it was HOT.  I thought “that’s not good” and looked at the screen.  Nothing seemed wrong. I opened up the back and reset my Treo.  When it was done with its reset, the part of the screen that usually lists my cell phone carrier said “Finding Network…”

I reset again.

“Finding Network…”

Again

“Finding Network”

“Shit.”

It took me until mid afternoon to get the time to call the support line. After 20 minutes talking to a tech and completely erasing all the data it was determined that they will be sending me a new Treo.

That’s great and all, but I won’t have it until tomorrow at the earliest. If I’m lucky.

Let me break this down for you.  Imagine trying to get through your day without your right arm.  It was there one minute…and now it’s gone.  Every time you go to do something simple, like open a door…BAM…you run into the door.  That’s what it’s like for me to NOT have my Treo.

It’s my calender, my to do list, my work schedule, my camera, my document reader, my email, my voice recorder, my show notes, my address book, my internet, my text messages, my news, my weather, my Google Maps, my pictures of my kids, my FaceBook, and oh yeah, my only phone.

I’m lost.  I keep reaching into my pocket only to realize its disassembled and sitting on my desk.  I go to send a text message…nope.  I go to check my email…nope. I go to check my to do list to see what i have to take care of next…nope.

I’ve also realized that i don’t know ANYONE’S phone number.

The suckery level is high right now. I’d call someone to complain, but I don’t have a phone.