The Texting Bug

Until recently I never texted. God, is that even a word? LOL Well- I supposed if "LOL" is then "texted" can be.

Honestly, I wasn't even much of a cell phone user- still not. I only have a cell phone for the purpose of keeping in touch with hubby while either one of us are away from the house.
BUT, I wanted to keep in better contact with some of my long distance friends. Usually it's just been emails/chatting/Facebook, nobody talks on the phone anymore! So I had to give in. I had to take the plunge.

I've not yet got the texting bug, I'd still rather chat, email or just talk on the phone, but I'm beginning to incorporate it into my day. I'm slow because I don't have a keyboard, I hate trying to punctuate because it's time consuming, and my phone has this stupid 'T9word' setting that it defaults to, so instead of letting my spell out my words using the letters on the numbers, it has these preset words that it comes up with when I hit a number. I am clueless how to navigate those words and make them actually do what they're supposed to do- which is save me time, and they drive me INSANE when I forget to change it from 'T9word' to "Abc".

But, I'm getting better at it. I AM using it. I AM evolving and somewhat keeping up with technology, despite my heels gouged firmly into the ground.
Rest assured, I will never, ever, conform to 'text speak'. Short of a few abbreviations that I use in emails and forum posts (ttyl, lol, kwim, etc.) I simply can't read the words that many people use to shorten their messages- example "no im nt bsy" gah!

 And no, I never have, never will, and am completely against texting (or using the cell phone without a headset) while driving.