Hi Allison
What a pain about your phone :(
It sounds like you handled it all really well
Fiona

: *seeing our neighborhood prairie dog
: for the first time this spring

: On Sunday, my phone went for a fatal
: swim in the washing machine. It
: was due to a series of unusual
: events. I was having my breakfast
: in bed and I was getting texts so
: my husband brought me my phone. I
: usually don't have it in the
: bedroom. I put it down - I thought
: I put it on the nightstand. A few
: minutes later, one of our dogs got
: sick on the bed (also very
: unusual) so I bundled up the
: bedcover as quicly as possible so
: it wouldn't soak through, and
: after cleaning off the sheet a
: bit, we popped it in the washer.
: Then I realized I couldn't find my
: phone. It wasn't in the washer
: long, but it got wet, and when we
: found it and pulled it out, the
: flash was going off like a strobe
: light and the phone was really
: hot. So I spent Sunday dealing
: with getting a new phone.
: Unfortunately, the phone I had is
: no longer available, and the newer
: iPhones are all much bigger. So
: now I have a big, clunky phone.

: When I was setting up the new phone,
: I was having an icloud issue, and
: because I have had icloud issues
: on my computer as well, I decided
: to call tech support. I thought it
: would be a quick question, but it
: ended up being a long, frustrating
: circular process involving my
: iPad, iPhone and Mac. Had I
: realized it was going to be that
: way, I would have eaten first. By
: the time it got resolved, I was
: ready to eat my phone.
: Fortunately, we had baked some
: stuffed peppers from Costco, so
: all I had to do was pop one in the
: microwave for a couple of minutes
: to warm it up again.

: Lesson learned. Next time, I will not
: call tech support unless it's
: hours before dinner, or I have
: already eaten. Of course, I am
: sure that being hungry did not
: help me deal with the stress, but
: I managed to keep a sense of humor
: and joke around with the tech
: support person. And I stayed
: pretty calm through the whole
: thing, starting with the phone
: getting fried in the washer. I
: know most people would be excited
: to upgrade to a new phone, but I
: am still sad about my old one,
: which I had selected partly
: because it was small. I'm sure I
: will adjust eventually.
: Allison