I've heard of this happening, but . . .

never thought it would happen to me . . .

So, I heard my cell phone ring at work, and saw that I had a voice message, so I grabbed it and took it with me into the bathroom. I had to go anyway, so I though I'd kill two birds with one stone. I listened to the message on the way in, saved it, clicked "end" and then put the phone on the back of the toilet so that I could take care of the matters at hand. As I stood at the sink washing my hands, the phone rang/vibrated. Before I could get my hands dry enough to safely answer the phone, it had vibrated itself right into the freshly flushed pool that awaited below.

I could not believe how fast I had my hand in a public toilet. (Not that I put my hand in non-public toilets on a regular basis. Actually, I don't think I've ever put my hand in a toilet, public or otherwise.) Anyway, I had the phone out, dripping, and it wouldn't stop ringing and vibrating. I wiped it and "Purelled" it. I couldn't get the back off to get the battery out to make it stop ringing and vibrating. So I brought it in to my trusty, high-tech colleague Michael (who is an incredibly good sport, by the way), and he got the back off and the battery out.

I wiped it out. I actually "Purelled" the whole damned thing, inside and out. Michael suggested I leave it near my space heater to dry out. So I did. I'll leave it open all night and all day tomorrow; I'll put it in the sun somewhere. We do have sun, don't we? And hopefully it will dry out and all will be well.

This is not the first time one of my phones has gone for a swim. The phone I had prior to this one took two dips into glasses of water and lived to ring again, but then finally met its death in a cup of tea. I think it was the cream. But this phone has definitely "gone to new depths," that's for sure.

Yes, this post has had nothing to do with music. Sorry. We were in Niagara Falls from last Wednesday until last night. There is, apparently, no live music there.

This weekend, however, at Glenora there is definitely music. The New Bill Tiberio Band will be opening for Ken Navarro. Go to the Glenora website for details. I'll post more if and when I know them. Hope to see you there.

yours in music (and cell phone adventures),
Tracy