Hi! You are going to suffer today, because I’m in a real yappy mood! Alot happened today too! Lucky you, huh? LOL!

Well, my blackberry wasn’t working during these past few weeks, and because of it’s malfunction, I was getting to the point of getting 3G digital panic attacks. So this morning I dropped it off at a Nextel Authorized Service Center here in Yuma. After I told them that I do have insurance on my Blackberry they told me that it would take 45 minutes to look it over and try to repair it. Fine. So I left the Blackberry there for the afternoon (separation anxiety – yep, now I know how that feels – you laugh, but there’s a reason why they call it “Crack”berry).

I called them two hours after they had it and I was explained that upon inspection of my Blackberry they had found some corrosion inside my phone due to liquid damage. Huh? Wait a minute, I take good care of my Blackberry! It’s a part of me, like a third arm!!

So they told me that if I talk on my phone excessively, my sweat left on the phone could of caused the damage. I am in no way impressed by their answer. So they continue to tell me that liquid damage wasn’t covered under my insurance policy and if I wanted to submit an insurance claim there is a $100 deductible. HUH? Whatever! I told them I’ll be down to get my phone.

So after I hung up with them, I called Nextel and inquired about my options. Nextel told me that I could get a brand new Blackberry for $150, but I’d have to wait until March, my one year purchase anniversary on the Blackberry I have now.

Yeah Exactly! Did you get that…my Blackberry didn’t even make it one year. Okay, I may use it over excessively, I admit, I read and reply to my emails on it, my 21 rss feeds comes through 30 times a day, I get tweeted and I got to tweet back, my 10 text messages an hour, my news websites to keep me up with reality, check my bank accounts (again to keep me IN reality ), blah, blah, blah.

I don’t sweat over it, I don’t drool all over it, I don’t drop it. I mean, seriously, on my bed I have three pillows, one for me, one for Jake, and one for my Blackberry. Yes, I am a tad traumatized by this hic-cup with my phone’s behavior. It wasn’t working right, have you ever seen CPR done to a Blackberry……well, you should of been here then. I was in complete chaos. I don’t like it when something I depend on to make my life run smoother breaks.

So, anyways, I go back down to the service center and pick up my phone. What was wrong with my Blackberry is that the trackball wasn’t working right…I couldn’t scroll around the screen or use any of the menu options. So, I picked up my phone from the service center and the guy gave me information to submit a claim to repair my phone. I took the information and left. On the way home I was fidgeting with the trackball on my device and something must of snapped under the trackball, because it decided to work! It’s working!!!! The trackball works great now. So, I’m assuming that once the service guy opened up the device, some “corrosion” must of loosed up and released the tension of the trackball. The Blackberry Gods love me again!!! Yes! Okay, so my life is back on track again. My Blackberry is back to normal and yes, so am I……

What else did we do today? Jake got him nails clipped at a local pet grooming shop here next to our RV park. He needed it. And for lunch today…..take a peek….

It was delicious! I think I’ll make another one tomorrow. What else did we do today? We squeezed some more orange juice with our electronic juice maker and I made some more lemonade. I’m practically living on lemonade now.

Okay, this evening we didn’t have much to do, so we decided that we could eat dinner at the Paradise Casino. I know, I know, I know we said we would not gamble again this year, but tonight was the lassssssst time we would gamble this year…….just tonight, this was the last time….no more gambling this year! Ha!

But, you won’t believe what happened to me at the casino tonight. You aren’t going to believe me, but I swear this is what happened. I was sitting at a slot machine and I put 50 dollars in it. This guy sits down next to me (he was around my age – no, I’m not telling you how old I am ), so he hit a bonus feature on his slot machine. Cool! His slot machine rings and he gets 50 free spins. Wow! The winnings can really add up on a slot machine bonus round with 50 free spins.

So, I sit there playing my slot machine. And as the balance on my machine is going down, his balance is going up. Of course! So, we small talk it about how lucky he is, blah, blah, blah and he asks me how much I’m down tonight. So I look at my balance and it says $33.80, so I tell him I’m down about 20 bucks. So he says, “I believe in Karma, when I cash out my bonus money, I’ll give you $20 dollars so you will be where you were when you started.” My mind goes blank…..I mean, what’s the chances of that happening?? Noooo, this is not a dream….it really happened….now stay with me here.

So, I look at his balance and his bonus feature gave him $223.00. Well, I don’t feel so bad about taking $20 dollars of that if he’s offering it…..and no, he doesn’t want anything in return….I hope he doesn’t. He cashes his bonus out and passes me $20 dollars out of his pocket. I ask “Are you sure you want to give me this money?” He says, “I’m not suppose to be here. If my wife finds out I was even thinking about going to a casino, she’s a mean Mexican, she would get out her brass knuckles, and she’s not shy with them.” Oh boy. So I take my part of his bonus winnings and we say bye and go our separate ways.

So, I have now considered this $20 dollar bill my lucky charm. So I put it in my jacket pocket and head over to the Keno machine in the back of the casino. (Mr. $223 winner walks out the door). I take out another $20 dollar bill (not his $20 dollar bill, that’s my lucky charm) and I put my $20 dollars in the Keno machine and play 8 numbers on my Keno card.

I get down to about $12 dollars and I hit 7 out of 8 numbers on my card! 7 out of 8 numbers! And the display on my Keno screen says I won 1,652 quarters! 1,652 quarters!!!!! That’s $413 dollars! Wow! So, I put my hand in my jacket pocket and think, “Yep, my lucky $20 dollar bill is still there. I’ll hang on to that for a while.” So at the end of the night, when we left the casino, I had my lucky $20 dollar bill from Mr. bonus feature winner and I had a couple of hundred dollar bills. I am a happy camper.

So, here I am back at home and I’m not sure what we are up to tomorrow, but hey, don’t forget to come back and check on me! Have a great night. I’ll be back to yap tomorrow! Hey, my question of the day! Tell me, do you have a lucky charm?? Tell me what your lucky charm is and where did you get it? Did you find it, did you buy it…..tell me about your lucky charm!

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