Is it over yet?

So I think it's all over. I really hope I won't have to call the cops again. It was a stressful month. I don't think I'd want to do it again. Too much fear, uncertainty, sadness, stress. No no no, back to the happy bubble once again for me.

My birthday was pretty funny (although not at the time). I spent all day teaching and got lots of nice cards and phone calls from lots of you guys and gals...thanks so much for helping me realize it's something to celebrate. I forget that a lot because it's in the middle of exams.

Anyway, I also got a cell phone last Friday, for not great reasons. Well, basically for safety, in case of an emergency. It is unlimited for the first 6 months tho, so perhaps I will be using it a lot. Or ahahaha, perhaps not. On Monday night, I get home and decide that instead of studying, I will mess around with more phone options. Like the security options. Well, I'm reading the manual that came with the phone, and not the SIM card one, so I don't realize the default PIN is 1234, and not 1111 like it says in the manual. I proceed to enter this PIN in like a billion times (okay, it only took 5), but of course, you know, as a safety feature, it locks the phone after 5 wrong PINs. AHahahahahaa. So now I have this absolutely USELESS phone! Ahahahaha. And I've only had it for 3 days. Anyway, so fine, I decide I will try to get help by calling customer service. Now, when the phone's locked, it asks for the PIN Unlocking Key (PUK), but there's also the SOS option. AHAhahahaha, so in my panicky-phone-is-locked-mindedness, (this is a good one guys...wait for it......) I hit the SOS. AHAhahahaha, next thing I hear is "Police, fire and ambulance emergency response, how can I help you?" I QUICKLY hit the hang up button. Now my phone is locked AND I've accidentally dialed 911. At least I know it works. Ahahahaha, but now I'm worried because you get fined if you crank call. Does that count as a crank call? How much do you get fined? I have no idea. So at this point, I'm aboslutely freaking out because I can't seem to do anything right. I ended up calling the nice customer service man who I had a good laugh with about locking my phone. Oh, but here comes blonde moment #2....I've managed to set the password for my phone so it won't turn on without the password. I had turned the phone off after the horrendous 911 moment, so when I turned it back on, it was asking for the phone password. Unfortunately, I was trying to enter in the PUK and it wasn't working. The scary thing is, if you enter the wrong PUK 10 times, the SIM card locks and you have to get a new one (BOO, lots of money). So here I am, trying to enter the PUK, and wondering why it's not working when I say, "I don't understand. It's asking for the phone password..." Click. And the light goes on. Ahahahaha, sheepishly, I enter my phone password and THEN enter the PUK. The customer service guy has a good chuckle at my blonde moment. My phone finally unlocks. I vow never to touch the security settings again.

And that was my birthday. I got a total of 4 long-distance phone calls, which was kinda neat! :) I love you, friends!

P.S. I feel much less blonde today. And I put up the Christmas tree. And watched too many hours of TV while celebrating my exam done-ness. Bring on the Christmas baking and crafts.