Ah cell phones...

I think that cell phones are an amazing invention. It is great to be able to get in contact with people miles away, almost anytime of the day, and be able to communicate quickly and feel safer. But sometimes I just feel like cell phones intrude on life. For example, about a year ago, I had a friend get mad at me for not answering my phone whenever they called and for not returning calls right away. I thought to myself, "I don't have to answer my phone all the time. Sometimes I don't want to talk on the phone." Or other times, I will be talking to people in person and their phone will ring or someone will text them, and they stop our conversation to answer. For whatever reason, this wasn't okay with regular phones but is okay now. And then sometimes cell phones are a source of hilariousness. Like today, I actually brought my cell phone to church because my parents were in town and I didn't want them to get lost trying to find our building. At the beginning of the Sacrament I remembered I had it, leaned down, and silenced it, just in case. Not five minutes later, my mom's cell phone rings right in the middle of the Sacrament. To add to this hilarity, it took my parents until this March to get cell phones, and my mom doesn't completely know how to use her's, so she had to give it to my dad to turn off. Ironically enough, it was my sister, who hardly ever goes out her way to call anyone. All in all, it was amusing. It's funny how something unknown just a few years ago, it's such a norm now.