Cut the chord

Verizon has done me in. It is as simple as that. On Monday, May 25, I will join the wireless generation, move in to the 21st century because my home phone will be wireless. No more wires to worry about. I do not have to change my number, so you will call the same number you have called for years. The best news is that I get a 15% discount because I am a state employee and went with AT&T. That means my bill will basically just a bit higher than what I was paying Verizon. I now have two useless cordless phones and two useless chorded phones in good working order, if anyone is in need of a phone for a land line. I have to figure out what to do to hide the wall jack in the kitchen. I am NOT going to carry my home phone with me most of the time because I have a cell phone for work that the state provides. However, I got GPS- (global positioning system), so if I have to go somewhere and don't know where I am going, I can take the phone and let it guide me. And I have to load up the phone with all my contacts. Then there will be no paper phone book nor appointment calendar. I am wondering how long it will take me to input all the people and numbers I might want to call. I have free night and week-ends which means I will probably make phone calls after 9 p.m. as often as possible during the week, or on the week-end. Reserve the daytime minutes for incoming calls. BUT, they are rollover minutes, so I can save them also. The sales person says it will not be long before I start carrying two phones with me all the time. I hope not. I hope there is new freedom and respite from aggravation in having cut the chord!