My Love Affair with My iPhone

When did an iPhone become an important piece of my life? To the point that I can’t even think of living without one? For me, it began in November of 2010.

I started with an iPhone 4. I named her “Baby” because she was my first and she came with a pink case. Unfortunately, she had an untimely demise three weeks into her life. I wanted to listen to music while I was painting our half- bath. I had put her in my shirt pocket and was happily singing along when I leaned over to add more paint to the roller. Baby fell in to the one-gallon paint container! OMG! What had I done to her?

Thanks to the kindness of the AT&T store in Northampton, MA, they gave me a replacement. I ended up calling her “Baby” as well. I’ve never told anyone about what happened to my very first iPhone…until now (too embarrassed).

Then came Jeeves. He was an iPhone 5, and he came with lots of accessories. Come to think about it so did Barbie. Jeeves came with his own Bluetooth Jam Classic wireless rechargeable speaker. It looked like a small blue drum. He had a platform that he could recline on while being charged via a wall outlet. Jeeves also came with a pink stylus, my choice…not his. He would have preferred black.

Also, Jeeves had a replica of the popular Danish "Egg" chair. He enjoyed getting comfy in it when I was listening to music on the wireless speaker. That little blue drum made a great side table for him! Plus, the chair gave him a safe environment to hang out in. I misplaced him often since his case was black and blended into the background. With the bright red chair, he was hard to miss.

Jeeves’ hated the cold so on his Christmas list, he had asked for a fur liner for his Otter case. Not happenin’! His Otter case was a necessity in case of sudden impact. I dropped him often. And, let’s be realistic. Barbie may have a fur coat in her collection, but then she’s in a whole different league.

Jeeves, in his spare time, liked trolling the Internet in the middle of the night. At one point, he found the tour of Barbie’s Malibu beach house on YouTube. He started thinking of moving to a warmer climate. Plus, he kept talking about location, location, location. He certainly had been looking at too many houses on realtor.com!

I had Jeeves only a year when the iPhone 6 came out and I traded him in for the bigger screen. All his accessories went into storage. I always wondered what became of him.

Recently I did an Internet search on Jeeves. I found that he is living on a small Greek Island in a house that from the pictures (love Google Earth) looks very similar to Barbie’s Malibu beach house!

Until the next time...