My Pink Cell Phone And The Seafood Palace: Part II

You would think that when Tim surprised me with that cute, new, shiny cellphone, I would be grateful, touched, and happy. I tried to be, but honestly, I was a little bummed that I did not get to go and pick it out myself and check out the options, and so forth. The funny thing is that I am sure I would have picked the pink one, too. He was so happy when he surprised me that I hated to say anything and break his heart. So, I kept my big mouth shut...well, at least for a few hours. Then I said it:

"I wish you would have waited for me to go and pick it out myself. I just don't like it very much, it is hard to figure out."

He was deflated and hurt and I had opened my big mouth and complained. How I wished I could swallow those words, but I couldn't. So, did I learn my lesson? No...I kept complaining with subtle comments, like, "This phone is too heavy." or "I can't figure anything out on this phone." or the dreaded "I can't hear you, this phone sucks." Yeah, I said it sucks. I kept 'threatening to take it back and Tim was actually really sweet about it and kept offering to take me to go look at my other options. But, I kept making my little comments each time the phone would be in my hand.

I had told him on our way to Disneyland that I was definitely going to exchange it. I just couldn't stand the phone and I wasn't looking for 'cute' in a phone, I was looking functionality. Is that even a word?!?! Well, it was what I was looking for. When we got to Disneyland, Tim dropped us off and we headed to Star Tours. It was Christian's first time and I couldn't wait to see his little face. He loves Star Wars. I was leaving Zack and Miguel outside the ride, so I had to take that pink phone with me. I put it in my pocket, forgot about it for about 20 minutes, and did not realize that it must have slipped out somewhere between Star Tours and Autopia. Not good. I checked with the ride, the stores, we walked back and forth. No phone. Of course, we all got together and prayed what a sweet friend of mine calls the 'Zap It' prayer. I also told God that if he helped me find the phone, that was only 3 weeks old, I would NEVER complain about the phone again. But, what I really needed to do is and ask God to forgive me for being ungrateful, and ask my husband to forgive me for not appreciating his kindness. I did both. I loved that my Timmy was not mad and you know what that sweet man said when I told him I lost the phone? He said that he had some mileage checks coming in and he would let me go and pick whatever phone I wanted this time. Geez, was I a booger or what before..yeah, don't say it, I already know.

This whole episode also meant I had to humble myself in front of my children and tell them that I should have been grateful to begin with and I should have been appreciative of what their Dad had done for me. Anyway, after we all prayed that the person that had it would have a conviction put on their heart to return it, and searched for awhile, and reported it to lost and found, and tried calling it several times, and texted a message to the phone to call our other cell phone, I decided I wasn't going to let my carelessness ruin the kids day. We went on to have a great day at DLand. There were no lines!

Then around 7pm, while we were walking around Toon Town, Tim got a call from a 626 area code....should he answer it, he says. Answer it, I say, it could be someone calling about my pink phone! This is where the Seafood Palace came into play...