I am over it...mostly... Well maybe one more day of ice cream and puppy dog kisses! It happened and there's not much I can do about it except fill out online police reports, change passwords and cry. By the way if you don't have a great password encryption program checkout KeypassX. I LOVE IT! Correction... I LOVE Doug, my hubby. KeypassX keeps me sane. If you have many different passwords keeping track can be challenging. This program rocks.
I had all of my passwords changed within 2 hours not bad considering I wasn't able to get to my home computer for over an hour. Facebook allows you to deactivate on all devices. I like that! I updated my status on Facebook with a message to all my friends alerting them to my recent troubles and to please watch their accounts for spam from me as I wasn't send out any emails this weekend. Some friends have already technologically un-friended me. It's okay. I understand. With my email passwords changed, it shouldn't be a problem but..better safe than... well then letting this little issue GROW into a full scale problem for anyone I know or sort of know. If you are a friend and I won't see you on Facebook anymore...please send me an email or I will feel like I am stuck on a desert island in this lush land of electronic communication. I guess due to someone else's breaking the law, I am now 'technologically' challenged. A pariah in the world of communication. So I blog...
Yes,, it's a buzz kill. And yes I feel violated. And yes, I am a trusting...so and so... And yes, I am lazy because I had that one moment in time as I was walking away from the car when the thought, Did I lock the car? went through my mind and I didn't turn around to check.
The truth is I am so afraid of turning into a second guessing worry wart that I didn't listen to the little voice in my head that said, Go back. I listened to the one that said, Quit worrying and enjoy the beach! which I did. Hm...
Moving on... I had to purchase a phone. I can't really walk around without one. There was a time in my life when I used to have to dig in my pockets for a quarter and run to find a pay phone in order to call my agent back. Ha!
I have been an iPhone/Apple customer from day one. Now that my iPad was gone I didn't have my 'Kindle' which is mainly what I used it for. At the AT&T store I was dazed looking at all of the phones. Jalyssa, a very friendly customer service rep, laughingly assisted me into moving on from the 'loss' of my iPhone. She was great. I told her I text, talk and read on my phone. And reading has become a little challenging after 50 for fonts smaller than 9 point. Inspired, she showed me an LG Optimus G Pro. I liked it. I looked at Doug, tech guru hubby, and asked, "Is there any reason why I have to purchase an iPhone?" He said, "No." The Android has caught up to the iPhone and it offers a larger screen. So I baled on Apple. Don't get me wrong. I like Apple.. it's just... it's just... my eyes and my pocket book don't like Apple like they used to. I may burn in 'h-e-double-apple-hockey-sticks.' and Steve Jobs may not let me into Apple Heaven for writing this.
So far I love the new phone. It makes these funny little clicking sounds that are sort of soothing. Like it's talking to me. I have a lot to learn about Androids. But my purse is lighter as I don't have as much hardware to carry around. I was able to read last night in bed and send a couple of texts. I even played Scramble With Friends...the real test. I couldn't play Scramble on my iPhone, but I can on my LG Optimus G Pro.
More importantly, no evil is going to keep me from taking my dogs to their favorite place in the world. I am ready to journey to the Huntington Dog Beach once again. Only next time, if a little voice in my head wonders, Did I lock the car door? I will go back and look.
Spenser and Bodi at Huntington Dog Beach.
